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Bellwether Community Credit Union401(k)

BELLWETHER COMMUNITY CREDIT UNION 401(K) PLAN AND TRUST · MANCHESTER, NH · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.26%

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

Bellwether Community Credit Union reported $47,092 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.26% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $5,805 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 0.30% to 0.23%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 26,779 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is the 176th-largest of 411 plans among New Hampshire employers on file, and 3,075th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2023, employees put in $1.18 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 88 to 79 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$19,840,862
Participants with balances106
Active participants79
Employer contributions$458,594
Employee contributions$540,775
Employer contribution per active participant$5,805
Average account balance$187,178
Benefits paid to participants$1,507,906
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorBERRY, DUNN, MCNEIL & PARKER, LLC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$19.4M · 102 accts · $406K emplr
2023$19.8M · 106 accts · $459K emplr
2022$17.1M · 106 accts · $448K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$47,092
Total administrative$47,092
The Bellwether Community Credit Union 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$5,805
Median for plans this size$2,440
2024$4,834 per active participant
2023$5,805 per active participant
2022$5,095 per active participant

Bellwether Community Credit Union's 2023 employer contribution ran above the $2,440 median for plans its size, placing it in the top 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 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20234
CMFG LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Recordkeeping · Pension consulting$12,832
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$34,229
MORNINGSTAR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT L · Investment advisory (participants)indirect comp
WILSHIRE ADVISORS LLC · Investment advisory (plan)indirect 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$44,969 · 0.23%
2023$47,092 · 0.26%
2022$56,545 · 0.30%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 020196520 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.