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Best Formulations, LLC401(k)

BEST FORMULATIONS 401(K) PLAN · CITY OF INDUSTRY, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.92%

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

Best Formulations, LLC reported $80,009 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.92% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $177 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 0.84% to 0.92%. 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 California (5,468th of 9,483), and 8,804th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $15.45 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 385 to 512 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$9,946,797
Participants with balances483
Active participants512
Employer contributions$90,717
Employee contributions$1,401,481
Employer contribution per active participant$177
Average account balance$20,594
Benefits paid to participants$537,034
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$9.9M · 483 accts · $91K emplr
2023$7.4M · 333 accts · $144K emplr
2022$5.6M · 323 accts · $226K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$80,009
Total administrative$80,009
The Best Formulations, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$177
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$177 per active participant
2023$359 per active participant
2022$586 per active participant

Best Formulations, LLC'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
JOHN HANCOCK LIFE INS CO · Recordkeeping · Investment management$34,963
SAGEVIEW ADVISORY GROUP · Investment advisory (participants)$27,971
THE RAYMOND COMPANY PENSION SERVCIE · Investment advisory (participants)$12,272

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024John Hancock
2023John Hancock

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Administrative cost history3
2024$80,009 · 0.92%
2023$62,463 · 0.96%
2022$45,103 · 0.84%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 954063263 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.