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Challenge Mfg. Holdings, Inc.401(k)

CHALLENGE MFG. COMPANY PROFIT SHARING AND RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · WALKER, MI · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.55%

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

Challenge Mfg. Holdings, Inc. reported $464,653 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.55% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,217 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 0.46% to 0.55%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 317th-largest of 2,619 plans among Michigan employers on file, and the 2,035th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.57 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$90,892,838
Participants with balances3,236
Active participants2,860
Employer contributions$6,340,508
Employee contributions$9,957,047
Employer contribution per active participant$2,217
Average account balance$28,088
Benefits paid to participants$16,807,828
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$90.9M · 3,236 accts · $6.3M emplr
2023$79.3M · 3,672 accts · $6.4M emplr
2022$60.6M · 3,131 accts · $5.2M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$464,653
Total administrative$464,653
The Challenge Mfg. Holdings, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,217
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$2,217 per active participant
2023$1,912 per active participant
2022$1,923 per active participant

Challenge Mfg. Holdings, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 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$464,653
MORGAN STANLEY · Investment advisory (plan)indirect 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$464,653 · 0.55%
2023$372,622 · 0.53%
2022$288,729 · 0.46%
All plans at this employer2
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 464294293 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.