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Brook & Whittle Limited401(k)

BROOK & WHITTLE LIMITED SECTION 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · GUILFORD, CT · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.42%

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

Brook & Whittle Limited reported $324,771 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.42% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $914 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 0.60% to 0.42%. 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 202nd-largest of 1,106 plans among Connecticut employers on file, and the 2,016th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $3.27 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$91,905,796
Participants with balances1,959
Active participants1,795
Employer contributions$1,640,720
Employee contributions$5,363,235
Employer contribution per active participant$914
Average account balance$46,915
Benefits paid to participants$10,966,638
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$91.9M · 1,959 accts · $1.6M emplr
2023$64.3M · 1,814 accts · $1.2M emplr
2022$55.5M · 1,790 accts · $1.2M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$442,280
Audit (IQPA)$37,851
Total administrative$324,771
The Brook & Whittle Limited 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$914
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$914 per active participant
2023$809 per active participant
2022$694 per active participant

Brook & Whittle Limited's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 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
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ALERA INVESTMENT ADVISORS LLC · Investment advisory (plan)indirect comp

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$324,771 · 0.42%
2023$388,311 · 0.65%
2022$280,735 · 0.60%
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Swisher International Inc CT$122.3M · 0.03%
Byk USA Inc. CT$116.5M · 0.07%
Orafol Americas Inc. CT$88.9M · 0.07%
Fuelcell Energy, Inc. CT$84.4M · 0.09%
The Siemon Company CT$82.3M · 0.03%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 061452909 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.