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Bankwell Financial Group, Inc.401(k)

BANKWELL FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES 401(K) PLAN · NEW CANAAN, CT · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.30%

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

Bankwell Financial Group, Inc. reported $41,152 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.30% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,328 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 rose from 0.01% to 0.30%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Connecticut (653rd of 1,106), and 3,559th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, employees put in $3.59 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$14,305,529
Participants with balances194
Active participants145
Employer contributions$337,536
Employee contributions$1,212,494
Employer contribution per active participant$2,328
Average account balance$73,740
Benefits paid to participants$3,076,226
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$14.3M · 194 accts · $338K emplr
2023$13.5M · 192 accts · $289K emplr
2022$12.9M · 198 accts · $314K emplr
The Bankwell Financial Group, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,328
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$2,328 per active participant
2023$2,110 per active participant
2022$2,325 per active participant

Bankwell Financial Group, 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 · 20244
ALLIANCE BERNSTEIN LP · Investment advisory (plan)$16,531
CARON & BLETZER, PLLC$14,400
THE ANGELL PENSION GROUP, INC. · Contract administrator$4,700

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$41,152 · 0.30%
2023$3,574 · 0.03%
2022$1,905 · 0.01%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 208251355 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.