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Daou Vineyards, LLC.401(k)

DAOU VINEYARDS, LLC. 401(K) PLAN · PASO ROBLES, CA · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
4.16%

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

Daou Vineyards, LLC. reported $191,968 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 4.16% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,786 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 1 year on file its reported administrative ratio rose from 0.02% to 4.16%. 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 California (6,689th of 9,483), and 10,700th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2023, employees put in $1.78 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 166 to 192 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$5,949,836
Participants with balances159
Active participants192
Employer contributions$726,951
Employee contributions$1,295,185
Employer contribution per active participant$3,786
Average account balance$37,420
Benefits paid to participants$274,833
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$0 · $714K emplr
2023$5.9M · 159 accts · $727K emplr
2022$3.3M · 133 accts · $482K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$1,175
Investment management$103
Total administrative$191,968
The Daou Vineyards, LLC. 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$3,786
Median for plans this size$1,308
2023$3,786 per active participant
2022$2,904 per active participant

Daou Vineyards, LLC.'s 2023 employer contribution ran above the $1,308 median for plans its size, placing it in the top 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.

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Service providers · 20231
ADP, INC. · Loan processing · Recordkeeping$1,277

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024ADP
2023ADP

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Administrative cost history3
2024Not separately reported
2023$191,968 · 4.16%
2022$650 · 0.02%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 261933274 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.