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Barton & Associates Inc.401(k)

BARTON & ASSOCIATES INC 401K PROFIT SHARING PLAN AND TRUST · PEABODY, MA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.59%

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

Barton & Associates Inc. reported $123,322 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.59% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,046 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 0.51% to 0.59%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other administrative & support services employers. By assets it is the 1,216th-largest of 2,726 plans among Massachusetts employers on file, and the 561st of 2,534 in administrative & support services. In 2024, employees put in $3.73 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 415 to 531 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$22,388,880
Participants with balances407
Active participants531
Employer contributions$555,638
Employee contributions$2,072,478
Employer contribution per active participant$1,046
Average account balance$55,010
Benefits paid to participants$3,064,778
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$22.4M · 407 accts · $556K emplr
2023$19.4M · 418 accts · $525K emplr
2022$15.2M · 352 accts · $577K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$123,322
Total administrative$123,322
The Barton & Associates Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,046
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,046 per active participant
2023$943 per active participant
2022$1,390 per active participant

Barton & Associates Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 median for plans its size, in the bottom quarter of its peers. 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
ASCENSUS HOLDINGS INC · Contract administrator$69,785
GUIDANCE POINT RETIREMENT · Investment advisory (plan)$16,000

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$123,322 · 0.59%
2023$75,840 · 0.44%
2022$92,951 · 0.51%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 043582777 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.