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Brooks Tropicals, LLC401(k)

BROOKS TROPICALS 401(K) PLAN · HOMESTEAD, FL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.86%

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

Brooks Tropicals, LLC reported $92,460 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.86% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,069 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 0.73% to 0.86%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other agriculture, forestry & fishing employers. By assets it is the 1,634th-largest of 3,644 plans among Florida employers on file, and the 411th of 945 in agriculture, forestry & fishing. In 2024, employees put in $1.30 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 118 to 106 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$11,475,911
Participants with balances121
Active participants106
Employer contributions$325,333
Employee contributions$423,135
Employer contribution per active participant$3,069
Average account balance$94,842
Benefits paid to participants$638,473
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorDE LA HOZ, PEREZ & BARBEITO, PLLC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$11.5M · 121 accts · $325K emplr
2023$10.0M · 125 accts · $327K emplr
2022$9.3M · 133 accts · $295K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$92,460
Total administrative$92,460
The Brooks Tropicals, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,069
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$3,069 per active participant
2023$3,060 per active participant
2022$2,501 per active participant

Brooks Tropicals, LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 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.

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 · 20244
BROOKS TROPICALS LLC · Trustee (directed)$52,102
GLOBAL RETIREMENT PARTNERS LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$22,028
DEFINITI LLC · Contract administrator$10,567

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$92,460 · 0.86%
2023$75,274 · 0.78%
2022$76,677 · 0.73%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 743204606 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.