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Buddy Bells, Inc.401(k)

BUDDY BELLS, INC. EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT PLAN · FONTANA, WI · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
8.97%

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

Buddy Bells, Inc. reported $2,773 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 8.97% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $26 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.

The plan sits in the under $1M size bracket, benchmarked here against 1,192 comparable plans and shown alongside other accommodation & food services employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Wisconsin (1,931st of 1,936), and 2,190th of 2,240 in accommodation & food services.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$35,571
Participants with balances3
Active participants297
Employer contributions$7,861
Employee contributions—
Employer contribution per active participant$26
Average account balance$11,857
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history2
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2023$36K · 3 accts · $8K emplr
2022$26K · 3 accts
The Buddy Bells, Inc. 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$26
Median for plans this size$522

Buddy Bells, Inc.'s 2023 employer contribution ran below the $522 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.

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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 · 20231
NATIONWIDE · Investment advisory (participants)$2,773

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

Administrative cost history2
2023$2,773 · 8.97%
2022Not separately reported
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 364149536 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.