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Ballard Mack Sales & Service, Inc.401(k)

BALLARD MACK SALES & SERVICE, INC. 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · WORCESTER, MA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.08%

Peer grade: B+ · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works

Ballard Mack Sales & Service, Inc. reported $14,200 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.08% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,819 per active participant. This ratio covers administrative expenses reported on the plan's Schedule H only; fund-level expense ratios are not included in public structured data — see methodology.

Across the 2 years on file its reported administrative ratio fell from 0.10% to 0.08%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other retail trade employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Massachusetts (1,410th of 2,726), and the 1,625th of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2024, employees put in $2.94 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 175 to 220 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$17,969,844
Participants with balances234
Active participants220
Employer contributions$400,099
Employee contributions$1,175,924
Employer contribution per active participant$1,819
Average account balance$76,794
Benefits paid to participants$2,094,460
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$18.0M · 234 accts · $400K emplr
2023$15.5M · 212 accts · $300K emplr
2022$12.6M · 199 accts · $300K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$2,600
Audit (IQPA)$11,600
Total administrative$14,200
The Ballard Mack Sales & Service, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,819
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,819 per active participant
2023$1,676 per active participant
2022$1,714 per active participant

Ballard Mack Sales & Service, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 median for plans its size. Filings report dollars actually contributed, not the match formula; the formula itself (for example, 50% of the first 6% of pay) lives in the plan's summary plan description from HR.

What these fees cost you

Annual cost at the plan's reported 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20243
CARON & BLETZER, PLLC · Accounting / audit$11,600
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$2,600
KESTRA INVESTMENT SERVICES LLCindirect comp

Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Administrative cost history3
2024$14,200 · 0.08%
2023$12,950 · 0.09%
2022$12,056 · 0.10%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 042226643 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.