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Brigade Energy Services, LLC401(k)

BRIGADE ENERGY SERVICES, LLC 401(K) PLAN · GREENWOOD VILLAGE, CO · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
1.21%

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

Brigade Energy Services, LLC reported $54,545 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 1.21% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,177 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 1 year on file its reported administrative ratio rose from 0.85% to 1.21%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 22,307 comparable plans and shown alongside other mining, oil & gas extraction employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Colorado (1,007th of 1,461), and 494th of 612 in mining, oil & gas extraction. In 2023, employees put in $2.10 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$5,684,137
Participants with balances644
Active participants601
Employer contributions$707,599
Employee contributions$1,487,745
Employer contribution per active participant$1,177
Average account balance$8,826
Benefits paid to participants$438,486
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$0 · $382K emplr
2023$5.7M · 644 accts · $708K emplr
2022$3.3M · 153 accts · $80K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$54,545
Total administrative$54,545
The Brigade Energy Services, LLC 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$1,177
Median for plans this size$1,308
2023$1,177 per active participant
2022$130 per active participant

Brigade Energy Services, LLC's 2023 employer contribution ran below the $1,308 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 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20231
JOCELYN PENSION CONSULTING, LLC · Recordkeeping · Pension consulting$54,554

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024JOCELYN PENSION CONSULTING, LLC
2023JOCELYN PENSION CONSULTING, LLC

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Administrative cost history3
2024Not separately reported
2023$54,545 · 1.21%
2022$29,185 · 0.85%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 814763034 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.