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Beaton, Inc.401(k)

BEATON, INC. 401(K) PLAN · CEDAR RAPIDS, IA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
1.03%

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

Beaton, Inc. reported $36,408 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 1.03% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $139 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 0.05% to 1.03%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other accommodation & food services employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Iowa (741st of 878), and the 1,060th of 2,240 in accommodation & food services. In 2024, employees put in $7.53 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$3,760,404
Participants with balances181
Active participants226
Employer contributions$31,366
Employee contributions$236,159
Employer contribution per active participant$139
Average account balance$20,776
Benefits paid to participants$148,619
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$3.8M · 181 accts · $31K emplr
2023$3.3M · 158 accts · $46K emplr
2022$2.8M · 164 accts · $37K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$18,938
Investment management$17,470
Total administrative$36,408
The Beaton, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$139
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$139 per active participant
2023$230 per active participant
2022$164 per active participant

Beaton, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $1,313 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
ADMIN. GROUP, LLC DBA TAG RESOURCES · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$13,788
TRANSAMERICA FIN. LIFE INSURANCE CO · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$5,150
RAYMOND JAMES FIN. SERVICES ADVISOR · Investment advisory (plan)$17,470

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024ADMIN. GROUP, LLC DBA TAG RESOURCES, Transamerica
2023ADMIN. GROUP, LLC DBA TAG RESOURCES, Transamerica

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Administrative cost history3
2024$36,408 · 1.03%
2023$10,653 · 0.35%
2022$1,490 · 0.05%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 421221534 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.