Plan Ledger DOL Form 5500 · updated monthly

Essence Ventures, LLC401(k)

ESSENCE VENTURES, LLC 401(K) PLAN · BROOKLYN, NY · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
1.34%

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

Essence Ventures, LLC reported $88,284 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 1.34% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $4,458 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 1.23% to 1.34%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other information & media employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in New York (3,871st of 5,648), and 1,616th of 2,199 in information & media. In 2024, employees put in $1.49 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 92 to 163 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$8,336,081
Participants with balances246
Active participants163
Employer contributions$726,638
Employee contributions$1,080,027
Employer contribution per active participant$4,458
Average account balance$33,887
Benefits paid to participants$591,221
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorBELFINT, LYONS &SHUMAN, P.A.
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$8.3M · 246 accts · $727K emplr
2023$4.9M · 194 accts · $544K emplr
2022$3.3M · 173 accts · $413K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$88,284
Total administrative$88,284
The Essence Ventures, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$4,458
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$4,458 per active participant
2023$4,571 per active participant
2022$4,484 per active participant

Essence Ventures, LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $1,313 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.

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
WILSHIRE ASSOCIATES INC · Investment advisory (participants)$1,271

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024John Hancock
2023John Hancock

Looking for an account from a past job here? How to find an old 401(k).

Administrative cost history3
2024$88,284 · 1.34%
2023$55,014 · 1.34%
2022$43,863 · 1.23%
Similar plansInformation & Media · New York
DV01 NY$8.4M · 0.11%
Abel Cine Tech, Inc. NY$8.4M · 0.70%
Newtonx, Inc. NY$7.9M · 0.03%
Kwp Studios, Inc. NY$7.7M · 0.23%
The Mines Press, Inc. NY$7.7M · 0.41%
Greenlight Networks LLC NY$7.1M · 0.95%

Why are you looking at this plan?

Compare

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 823418584 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.