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Barkman Honey, LLC401(k)

BARKMAN HONEY, LLC 401(K) PLAN · WICHITA, KS · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.39%

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

Barkman Honey, LLC reported $33,604 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.39% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,681 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 0.42% to 0.39%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Kansas (504th of 828), and 9,068th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.68 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 158 to 185 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$9,371,898
Participants with balances132
Active participants185
Employer contributions$310,946
Employee contributions$523,079
Employer contribution per active participant$1,681
Average account balance$70,999
Benefits paid to participants$474,538
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorKCOE ISOM
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$9.4M · 132 accts · $311K emplr
2023$7.8M · 126 accts · $252K emplr
2022$6.0M · 128 accts · $222K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$2,600
Trustee / custodial$31,004
Total administrative$33,604
The Barkman Honey, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,681
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$1,681 per active participant
2023$1,548 per active participant
2022$1,406 per active participant

Barkman Honey, LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $1,313 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.

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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 · 20241
ALERUS FINANCIAL, N.A. · Recordkeeping · Trustee$33,605

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Alerus
2023Alerus

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Administrative cost history3
2024$33,604 · 0.39%
2023$28,363 · 0.41%
2022$26,630 · 0.42%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 450467304 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.