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Bristol Metals, LP401(k)

BRISTOL METALS, LP PROFIT SHARING PLAN - PLAN A · BRISTOL, TN · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.64%

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

Bristol Metals, LP reported $48,026 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.64% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,798 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 0.64%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Tennessee (913th of 1,496), and 9,670th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, the employer put in $1.60 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$8,022,678
Participants with balances179
Active participants158
Employer contributions$284,093
Employee contributions$177,009
Employer contribution per active participant$1,798
Average account balance$44,819
Benefits paid to participants$486,012
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$8.0M · 179 accts · $284K emplr
2023$7.1M · 175 accts · $285K emplr
2022$6.2M · 177 accts · $260K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$25,728
Investment management$22,298
Total administrative$48,026
The Bristol Metals, LP 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,798
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$1,798 per active participant
2023$2,066 per active participant
2022$1,576 per active participant

Bristol Metals, LP's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $1,313 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 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20242
FIRST HORIZON ADVISORS INC · Investment advisory (plan)$22,298

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$48,026 · 0.64%
2023$41,888 · 0.63%
2022$43,172 · 0.65%
Similar plansManufacturing · Tennessee
Beene Holdings, Inc. TN$8.7M · 0.01%
Smelter Holdings, Inc. TN$8.5M · 1.03%
Colonial Chemical, Inc. TN$8.0M · 0.99%
Gold Bond, Inc TN$7.8M · 0.84%
Textile Printing Company TN$7.6M · 0.46%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 582245237 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.