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Charles Products Inc.401(k)

CHARLES PRODUCTS INC. 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN & TRUST · ROCKVILLE, MD · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.60%

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

Charles Products Inc. reported $35,546 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.60% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,185 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 0.54% to 0.60%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other wholesale trade employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Maryland (1,199th of 1,671), and 3,490th of 4,246 in wholesale trade. In 2024, employees put in $2.25 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 168 to 204 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$6,065,226
Participants with balances113
Active participants204
Employer contributions$241,728
Employee contributions$544,736
Employer contribution per active participant$1,185
Average account balance$53,675
Benefits paid to participants$926,159
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$6.1M · 113 accts · $242K emplr
2023$5.7M · 107 accts · $215K emplr
2022$5.1M · 104 accts · $134K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$35,546
Total administrative$35,546
The Charles Products Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,185
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$1,185 per active participant
2023$1,026 per active participant
2022$800 per active participant

Charles Products Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $1,313 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.

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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$35,546 · 0.60%
2023$37,769 · 0.70%
2022$27,864 · 0.54%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 832466543 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.