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Brahmin Leather Works, LLC401(k)

BRAHMIN LEATHER WORKS LLC, 401(K) SAVINGS PLAN · FAIRHAVEN, MA · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.57%

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

Brahmin Leather Works, LLC reported $57,721 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.57% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,324 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 4 years on file its reported administrative ratio has held roughly steady near 0.57%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 1,620 comparable plans and shown alongside other retail trade employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Massachusetts (1,807th of 2,726), and the 2,431st of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2025, employees put in $1.98 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 167 to 205 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$11,085,268
Participants with balances214
Active participants205
Employer contributions$476,404
Employee contributions$942,486
Employer contribution per active participant$2,324
Average account balance$51,800
Benefits paid to participants$1,740,776
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$11.1M · 214 accts · $476K emplr
2024$9.3M · 215 accts · $434K emplr
2023$7.4M · 192 accts · $393K emplr
2022$6.5M · 175 accts · $320K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Recordkeeping & contract admin$23,654
Investment management$34,067
Total administrative$57,721
The Brahmin Leather Works, LLC 401(k) match · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$2,324
Median for plans this size$2,666
2025$2,324 per active participant
2024$1,930 per active participant
2023$2,257 per active participant
2022$1,918 per active participant

Brahmin Leather Works, LLC's 2025 employer contribution ran below the $2,666 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.

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Annual cost at the plan's reported 2025 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20252
COMMONWEALTH FINANCIAL NETWORK · Investment advisory (plan)$30,166

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

Administrative cost history4
2025$57,721 · 0.57%
2024$46,554 · 0.56%
2023$39,579 · 0.57%
2022$40,674 · 0.59%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 831837879 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.