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Brunel Energy, Inc.401(k)

BRUNEL ENERGY, INC. 401(K) RETIREMENT PLAN · HOUSTON, TX · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.50%

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

Brunel Energy, Inc. reported $123,980 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.50% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,849 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 0.38% to 0.50%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is the 1,653rd-largest of 5,688 plans among Texas employers on file, and the 4,464th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $2.77 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 407 to 479 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$27,251,336
Participants with balances431
Active participants479
Employer contributions$1,364,558
Employee contributions$3,786,073
Employer contribution per active participant$2,849
Average account balance$63,228
Benefits paid to participants$3,804,886
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$27.3M · 431 accts · $1.4M emplr
2023$22.6M · 413 accts · $1.1M emplr
2022$16.8M · 347 accts · $589K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$123,980
Total administrative$123,980
The Brunel Energy, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,849
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$2,849 per active participant
2023$2,399 per active participant
2022$1,446 per active participant

Brunel Energy, Inc.'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 · 20242
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$123,979
USI SECURITIES INC · Other servicesindirect 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$123,980 · 0.50%
2023$98,324 · 0.50%
2022$69,901 · 0.38%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 582411326 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.