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Brightkey, Inc.401(k)

BRIGHTKEY 401(K) RETIREMENT PLAN · ANNAPOLIS, MD · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.71%

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

Brightkey, Inc. reported $74,475 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.71% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $501 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 0.63% to 0.71%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other administrative & support services employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Maryland (965th of 1,671), and the 972nd of 2,534 in administrative & support services. In 2024, employees put in $3.50 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$10,675,108
Participants with balances489
Active participants420
Employer contributions$210,602
Employee contributions$737,844
Employer contribution per active participant$501
Average account balance$21,830
Benefits paid to participants$1,991,128
Plan auditDisclaimer of opinion
AuditorRUBINO AND COMPANY, CHARTERED
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$10.7M · 489 accts · $211K emplr
2023$10.3M · 483 accts
2022$9.7M · 476 accts · $312K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$58,492
Investment management$15,983
Total administrative$74,475
The Brightkey, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$501
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$501 per active participant
2022$733 per active participant

Brightkey, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 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 · 20242
THE VANGUARD GROUP, INC. · Loan processing · Recordkeeping$58,491
KESTRA FINANCIAL · Investment advisory (plan)$15,983

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Vanguard
2023Vanguard

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Administrative cost history3
2024$74,475 · 0.71%
2023$66,193 · 0.66%
2022$67,391 · 0.63%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 521574418 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.