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Elite Spice, Inc.401(k)

ELITE SPICE, INC. 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN AND TRUST · JESSUP, MD · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.32%

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

Elite Spice, Inc. reported $116,506 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.32% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $520 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 has held roughly steady near 0.318%. 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 399th-largest of 1,671 plans among Maryland employers on file, and the 3,843rd of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $6.52 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 529 to 801 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$37,757,493
Participants with balances609
Active participants801
Employer contributions$416,527
Employee contributions$2,713,872
Employer contribution per active participant$520
Average account balance$61,999
Benefits paid to participants$4,289,466
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorGORFINE SCHILLER & GARDYN, PA
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$37.8M · 609 accts · $417K emplr
2023$35.5M · 597 accts · $402K emplr
2022$31.1M · 562 accts · $374K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$82,501
Investment management$34,005
Total administrative$116,506
The Elite Spice, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$520
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$520 per active participant
2023$692 per active participant
2022$708 per active participant

Elite Spice, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 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.

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MORNINGSTAR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT L · Investment advisory (participants)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 history3
2024$116,506 · 0.32%
2023$109,654 · 0.33%
2022$106,035 · 0.32%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 521545176 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.