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Farmers and Merchants Trust Company401(k)

F & M TRUST 401(K) PLAN · CHAMBERSBURG, PA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.17%

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

Farmers and Merchants Trust Company reported $63,635 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.17% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $4,678 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 0.167%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is the 949th-largest of 3,651 plans among Pennsylvania employers on file, and the 1,941st of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, employees put in $1.43 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$40,514,775
Participants with balances371
Active participants289
Employer contributions$1,351,988
Employee contributions$1,929,283
Employer contribution per active participant$4,678
Average account balance$109,204
Benefits paid to participants$3,561,216
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorSMITH ELLIOTT KEARNS & COMPANY, LLC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$40.5M · 371 accts · $1.4M emplr
2023$35.6M · 375 accts · $1.4M emplr
2022$31.8M · 402 accts · $1.3M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$33,833
Investment management$29,523
Total administrative$63,635
The Farmers and Merchants Trust Company 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$4,678
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$4,678 per active participant
2023$4,985 per active participant
2022$4,754 per active participant

Farmers and Merchants Trust Company's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 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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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 · 20241
BENEFIT PLANS ADMIN SERVICES INC · Recordkeeping · Custodial (securities)$63,635

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024BENEFIT PLANS ADMIN SERVICES INC
2023BENEFIT PLANS ADMIN SERVICES INC

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Administrative cost history3
2024$63,635 · 0.17%
2023$60,057 · 0.18%
2022$60,168 · 0.17%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 230570230 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.