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Brothers Services Company401(k)

BROTHERS SERVICES EMPLOYEES SAVINGS PLAN · HAMPSTEAD, MD · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
1.53%

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

Brothers Services Company reported $47,881 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 1.53% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $846 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 1 year on file its reported administrative ratio fell from 1.76% to 1.53%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 22,307 comparable plans and shown alongside other construction employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Maryland (1,404th of 1,671), and 4,431st of 5,337 in construction. In 2023, employees put in $5.06 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$3,349,773
Participants with balances147
Active participants119
Employer contributions$100,652
Employee contributions$508,918
Employer contribution per active participant$846
Average account balance$22,788
Benefits paid to participants$625,599
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$0
2023$3.3M · 147 accts · $101K emplr
2022$2.9M · 149 accts · $106K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$16,662
Investment management$15,219
Audit (IQPA)$16,000
Total administrative$47,881
The Brothers Services Company 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$846
Median for plans this size$1,308
2023$846 per active participant
2022$835 per active participant

Brothers Services Company's 2023 employer contribution ran below the $1,308 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 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20233
TRANSAMERICA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$16,662
BDO · Accounting / audit$16,000
GREENSPRING ADVISORS, LLC · Investment management$15,219

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Transamerica
2023Transamerica

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Administrative cost history3
2024Not separately reported
2023$47,881 · 1.53%
2022$52,477 · 1.76%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 521481794 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.