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Charm Sciences, Inc.401(k)

CHARM SCIENCES, INC. 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN & TRUST · LAWRENCE, MA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.12%

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

Charm Sciences, Inc. reported $51,813 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.12% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,930 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 0.46% to 0.12%. 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 740th-largest of 2,726 plans among Massachusetts employers on file, and the 3,329th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $2.05 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$46,321,562
Participants with balances383
Active participants321
Employer contributions$940,412
Employee contributions$1,927,306
Employer contribution per active participant$2,930
Average account balance$120,944
Benefits paid to participants$3,299,820
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$46.3M · 383 accts · $940K emplr
2023$41.4M · 394 accts · $899K emplr
2022$34.7M · 375 accts · $875K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Investment management$51,813
Total administrative$51,813
The Charm Sciences, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,930
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$2,930 per active participant
2023$2,819 per active participant
2022$2,928 per active participant

Charm Sciences, 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.

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
GLOBAL RETIREMENT PARTNERS LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$51,813

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$51,813 · 0.12%
2023$63,982 · 0.17%
2022$169,621 · 0.46%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 042635968 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.