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Coldwater Veneer, Inc.401(k)

COLDWATER VENEER, INC. 401(K) PLAN PROFIT SHARING PLAN · COLDWATER, MI · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.29%

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

Coldwater Veneer, Inc. reported $22,373 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.29% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $83 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 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio fell from 0.31% to 0.24%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 22,307 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Michigan (1,713th of 2,619), and 9,730th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2023, employees put in $4.50 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 703 to 827 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$7,881,922
Participants with balances152
Active participants827
Employer contributions$68,724
Employee contributions$308,996
Employer contribution per active participant$83
Average account balance$51,855
Benefits paid to participants$848,291
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorCOOPER SAVAS, LLC
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$6.9M · 150 accts · $73K emplr
2024$6.6M · 151 accts · $66K emplr
2023$7.9M · 152 accts · $69K emplr
2022$7.4M · 154 accts · $70K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$22,373
Total administrative$22,373
The Coldwater Veneer, Inc. 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$83
Median for plans this size$1,308
2025$77 per active participant
2024$78 per active participant
2023$83 per active participant
2022$100 per active participant

Coldwater Veneer, Inc.'s 2023 employer contribution ran below the $1,308 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 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

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WILSHIRE ASSOCIATES INC · 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 history4
2025$15,960 · 0.24%
2024$21,492 · 0.30%
2023$22,373 · 0.29%
2022$24,798 · 0.31%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 824262380 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.