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Eastern Fisheries, Inc.401(k)

EASTERN FISHERIES 401(K) PLAN · NEW BEDFORD, MA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.24%

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

Eastern Fisheries, Inc. reported $44,019 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.24% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,744 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 rose from 0.20% to 0.24%. 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 1,325th-largest of 2,726 plans among Massachusetts employers on file, and the 5,987th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $2.47 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 197 to 234 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$19,691,310
Participants with balances124
Active participants234
Employer contributions$408,060
Employee contributions$1,006,041
Employer contribution per active participant$1,744
Average account balance$158,801
Benefits paid to participants$305,630
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorCITRIN COOPERMAN & COMPANY
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$19.7M · 124 accts · $408K emplr
2023$16.3M · 119 accts · $415K emplr
2022$13.1M · 129 accts · $399K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$16,549
Investment management$27,470
Total administrative$44,019
The Eastern Fisheries, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,744
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,744 per active participant
2023$2,076 per active participant
2022$2,024 per active participant

Eastern Fisheries, Inc.'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 · 20243
MERRILL LYNCH PIERCE FENNER & SMITH · Recordkeeping · Pension consulting$27,470
ADP, INC. · Loan processing · Recordkeeping$16,549
ADP BROKER-DEALER · Other servicesindirect comp

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, Bank of America / Merrill
2023ADP, Bank of America / Merrill

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Administrative cost history3
2024$44,019 · 0.24%
2023$39,119 · 0.27%
2022$29,153 · 0.20%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 042654500 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.