Plan Ledger DOL Form 5500 · updated monthly

Bernards Bros. Inc.401(k)

BERNARDS BROS. INC. 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · SAN FERNANDO, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.03%

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

Bernards Bros. Inc. reported $19,443 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.03% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,571 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 0.02% to 0.03%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other construction employers. By assets it is the 1,560th-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 934th of 5,337 in construction. In 2024, employees put in $2.78 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$58,551,042
Participants with balances549
Active participants352
Employer contributions$1,256,996
Employee contributions$3,494,484
Employer contribution per active participant$3,571
Average account balance$106,650
Benefits paid to participants$9,495,690
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorLUCAS,HORSFALL,MURPHY & PINDROH,LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$58.6M · 549 accts · $1.3M emplr
2023$52.8M · 547 accts · $1.1M emplr
2022$44.6M · 464 accts · $835K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$8,169
Investment management$11,274
Total administrative$19,443
The Bernards Bros. Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,571
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$3,571 per active participant
2023$2,841 per active participant
2022$2,470 per active participant

Bernards Bros. Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 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 · 20242
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$11,274
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processingindirect 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$19,443 · 0.03%
2023$15,861 · 0.03%
2022$10,227 · 0.02%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 952920045 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.