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Bunting Group, Inc.401(k)

BUNTING GROUP, INC. 401(K) PLAN · NEWTON, KS · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.31%

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

Bunting Group, Inc. reported $66,511 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.31% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,175 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 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio has held roughly steady near 0.31%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 261st-largest of 828 plans among Kansas employers on file, and the 5,299th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $3.63 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$23,791,237
Participants with balances204
Active participants162
Employer contributions$352,341
Employee contributions$1,279,226
Employer contribution per active participant$2,175
Average account balance$116,624
Benefits paid to participants$1,537,832
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$23.8M · 204 accts · $352K emplr
2023$19.6M · 207 accts · $338K emplr
2022$17.0M · 195 accts · $322K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$27,067
Investment management$39,444
Total administrative$66,511
The Bunting Group, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,175
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$2,175 per active participant
2023$1,945 per active participant
2022$1,985 per active participant

Bunting Group, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below 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
ADP, INC. · Loan processing · Recordkeeping$27,066
MWA HOLDCO, LLC · Recordkeeping · Trustee$20,000
MARINER WEALTH ADVISORS, LLC · Recordkeeping · Trustee$19,443
ADP BROKER-DEALERindirect comp

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024ADP, MARINER WEALTH ADVISORS, LLC, MWA HOLDCO, LLC
2023ADP, MARINER RETIREMENT ADVISORS, LLC, MARINER WEALTH ADVISORS, LLC

This plan has changed recordkeepers within these filings. If you left Bunting Group, Inc. before a switch, your account may sit at the earlier firm or in a rollover IRA. Looking for an account from a past job here? How to find an old 401(k).

Administrative cost history3
2024$66,511 · 0.31%
2023$60,971 · 0.33%
2022$57,610 · 0.32%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 362485502 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.