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Chardam Gear Company, Inc.401(k)

CHARDAM GEAR COMPANY, INC. 401(K) PLAN · STERLING HEIGHTS, MI · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.18%

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

Chardam Gear Company, Inc. reported $19,465 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.18% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,477 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 fell from 0.20% to 0.18%. 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 among the smaller plans on file in Michigan (1,419th of 2,619), and 8,080th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $2.15 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 151 to 128 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$11,829,525
Participants with balances123
Active participants128
Employer contributions$317,024
Employee contributions$681,495
Employer contribution per active participant$2,477
Average account balance$96,175
Benefits paid to participants$513,450
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$11.8M · 123 accts · $317K emplr
2023$10.1M · 123 accts · $291K emplr
2022$8.7M · 123 accts · $262K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$19,399
Investment management$66
Total administrative$19,465
The Chardam Gear Company, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,477
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$2,477 per active participant
2023$2,237 per active participant
2022$1,738 per active participant

Chardam Gear Company, 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.

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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 · 20241
ASCENSUS LLC · Loan processing · Recordkeeping$19,399

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

Recordkeeper by year2
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Administrative cost history3
2024$19,465 · 0.18%
2023$19,994 · 0.21%
2022$18,021 · 0.20%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 382599660 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.