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Bound to Stay Bound Books, Inc.401(k)

BOUND TO STAY BOUND BOOKS, INC. 401K PROFIT SHARING PLAN · JACKSONVILLE, IL · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.01%

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

Bound to Stay Bound Books, Inc. reported $2,399 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.01% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,244 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 0.01% to 0.00%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 26,779 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 1,447th-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 4,981st of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2023, employees put in $2.51 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$26,087,765
Participants with balances125
Active participants78
Employer contributions$97,000
Employee contributions$243,745
Employer contribution per active participant$1,244
Average account balance$208,702
Benefits paid to participants$2,023,369
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorKERBER, ECK & BRAECKEL LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$25.0M · 120 accts · $114K emplr
2023$26.1M · 125 accts · $97K emplr
2022$24.5M · 125 accts · $95K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$300
Investment management$1,807
Trustee / custodial$292
Total administrative$2,399
The Bound to Stay Bound Books, Inc. 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$1,244
Median for plans this size$2,440
2024$1,186 per active participant
2023$1,244 per active participant
2022$1,173 per active participant

Bound to Stay Bound Books, Inc.'s 2023 employer contribution ran below the $2,440 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.

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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 · 20231
MORGAN STANLEY SMITH BARNEY LLC · Custodial (securities) · Securities brokerage$1,807

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$1,145 · 0.00%
2023$2,399 · 0.01%
2022$1,893 · 0.01%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 370439010 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.