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Brame Specialty Company, Inc.401(k)

BRAME SPECIALTY COMPANY, INC. 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · DURHAM, NC · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.19%

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

Brame Specialty Company, Inc. reported $29,746 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.19% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $922 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 0.12% to 0.34%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 26,779 comparable plans and shown alongside other wholesale trade employers. By assets it is the 805th-largest of 2,005 plans among North Carolina employers on file, and 2,152nd of 4,246 in wholesale trade. In 2023, employees put in $4.57 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$17,065,725
Participants with balances166
Active participants148
Employer contributions$136,481
Employee contributions$623,823
Employer contribution per active participant$922
Average account balance$102,806
Benefits paid to participants$1,235,730
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorCHERRY BEKAERT ADVISORY LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$16.9M · 164 accts · $130K emplr
2023$17.1M · 166 accts · $136K emplr
2022$15.0M · 161 accts · $142K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$20,840
Investment management$8,906
Total administrative$29,746
The Brame Specialty Company, Inc. 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$922
Median for plans this size$2,440
2024$809 per active participant
2023$922 per active participant
2022$1,010 per active participant

Brame Specialty Company, 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.

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 · 20233
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$20,840
UBS FINANCIAL SERVICES INC · Investment advisory (plan)$8,904
MORNINGSTAR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT L · Investment advisory (participants)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$57,107 · 0.34%
2023$29,746 · 0.19%
2022$20,497 · 0.12%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 560615152 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.