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Brewster Cheese Company401(k)

BREWSTER CHEESE COMPANY 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · BREWSTER, OH · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.30%

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

Brewster Cheese Company reported $171,507 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.30% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $5,268 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 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio has held roughly steady near 0.304%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 592nd-largest of 3,295 plans among Ohio employers on file, and the 2,864th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, the employer put in $1.28 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$56,956,004
Participants with balances559
Active participants425
Employer contributions$2,238,881
Employee contributions$1,751,916
Employer contribution per active participant$5,268
Average account balance$101,889
Benefits paid to participants$5,934,904
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorMALONEY NOVOTNY, LLC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$57.0M · 559 accts · $2.2M emplr
2023$55.9M · 521 accts · $2.1M emplr
2022$47.0M · 534 accts · $1.9M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$46,630
Investment management$124,877
Total administrative$171,507
The Brewster Cheese Company 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$5,268
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$5,268 per active participant
2023$5,532 per active participant
2022$4,811 per active participant

Brewster Cheese Company's 2024 employer contribution ran above 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
LPL FINANCIAL LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$124,877
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$46,630

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$171,507 · 0.30%
2023$150,873 · 0.29%
2022$148,383 · 0.30%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 340947090 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.