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Chester a Asher Inc401(k)

CHESTER A ASHER INC 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN & TRUST · SOUDERTON, PA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.35%

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

Chester a Asher Inc reported $26,209 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.35% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $543 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 0.44% to 0.35%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Pennsylvania (2,531st of 3,651), and 9,694th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $4.39 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$7,970,282
Participants with balances168
Active participants158
Employer contributions$85,810
Employee contributions$376,650
Employer contribution per active participant$543
Average account balance$47,442
Benefits paid to participants$448,686
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$8.0M · 168 accts · $86K emplr
2023$6.9M · 203 accts · $82K emplr
2022$6.5M · 166 accts · $78K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$16,617
Investment management$9,592
Total administrative$26,209
The Chester a Asher Inc 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$543
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$543 per active participant
2023$505 per active participant
2022$516 per active participant

Chester a Asher Inc's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $1,313 median for plans its size, in the bottom quarter of its peers. 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 · 20243
PAYCHEX, INC. · Investment advisory (plan) · Recordkeeping$15,793
MORGAN STANLEY · Investment advisory (plan)$9,592
CAPITAL GROUP RETIREMENT PLAN SVCS. · Trustee (directed) · Other services$1,998

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Paychex
2023LEVELIZED COMPENSATION ADVISOR, Paychex

This plan has changed recordkeepers within these filings. If you left Chester a Asher 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$26,209 · 0.35%
2023$33,398 · 0.50%
2022$30,226 · 0.44%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 231639827 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.