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Bright Eyes Employees LLC401(k)

BRIGHT EYES EMPLOYEES 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN AND TRUST · FREDERICK, MD · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.85%

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

Bright Eyes Employees LLC reported $22,634 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.85% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $602 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 0.91% to 0.85%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other health care & social assistance employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Maryland (1,451st of 1,671), and 9,336th of 11,911 in health care & social assistance. In 2024, employees put in $1.26 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 141 to 189 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$2,899,052
Participants with balances119
Active participants189
Employer contributions$113,693
Employee contributions$143,056
Employer contribution per active participant$602
Average account balance$24,362
Benefits paid to participants$119,470
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorPENAN & SCOTT
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$2.9M · 119 accts · $114K emplr
2023$2.4M · 122 accts · $122K emplr
2022$2.0M · 113 accts · $108K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$10,560
Investment management$12,074
Total administrative$22,634
The Bright Eyes Employees LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$602
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$602 per active participant
2023$502 per active participant
2022$765 per active participant

Bright Eyes Employees LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $1,313 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 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20243
JOHN HANCOCK RETIREMENT PLAN SVCS · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$10,560
GLOBAL RETIREMENT PARTNERS LLC · Consulting$6,037
SPIRE WEALTH MANAGEMENT LLC · Consulting$6,037

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024John Hancock
2023ADP, John Hancock

This plan has changed recordkeepers within these filings. If you left Bright Eyes Employees LLC before a switch, your account may sit at the earlier firm or in a rollover IRA. Looking for an account from a past job here? How to find an old 401(k).

Administrative cost history3
2024$22,634 · 0.85%
2023$20,840 · 0.94%
2022$19,571 · 0.91%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 464582416 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.