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Custom Engineering Company401(k)

CUSTOM GROUP INDUSTRIES 401(K) RETIREMENT PLAN · ERIE, PA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.37%

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

Custom Engineering Company reported $42,889 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.37% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,401 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 0.37%. 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 Pennsylvania (2,087th of 3,651), and 7,974th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $2.58 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$12,193,939
Participants with balances146
Active participants118
Employer contributions$165,376
Employee contributions$426,256
Employer contribution per active participant$1,401
Average account balance$83,520
Benefits paid to participants$1,018,355
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorSCHAFFNER KNIGHT MINNAUGH & COMPANY
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$12.2M · 146 accts · $165K emplr
2023$11.2M · 148 accts · $146K emplr
2022$9.9M · 148 accts · $172K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$22,283
Investment management$17,261
Trustee / custodial$3,345
Total administrative$42,889
The Custom Engineering Company 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,401
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,401 per active participant
2023$1,215 per active participant
2022$1,485 per active participant

Custom Engineering Company's 2024 employer contribution ran below 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
NEWPORT GROUP, INC. · Contract administrator · Recordkeeping$22,258
PNC INSTITUTIONAL ASSET MANAGEMENT · Investment advisory (participants) · Investment advisory (plan)$17,261

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Newport (Ascensus)
2023Newport (Ascensus)

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Administrative cost history3
2024$42,889 · 0.37%
2023$45,007 · 0.43%
2022$48,459 · 0.46%
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Ward Manufacturing, LLC PA$12.5M · 0.37%
Astrobotic Technology, Inc. PA$12.2M · 0.16%
Knepper Press Corporation PA$12.1M · 0.10%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 251008495 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.