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Ferno-Washington, Inc.401(k)

FERNO-WASHINGTON, INC. SAVINGS AND RETIREMENT PLAN · WILMINGTON, OH · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.09%

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

Ferno-Washington, Inc. reported $29,460 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.09% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $688 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 0.07% to 0.09%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other retail trade employers. By assets it is the 905th-largest of 3,295 plans among Ohio employers on file, and the 954th of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2024, employees put in $6.19 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$33,077,085
Participants with balances251
Active participants232
Employer contributions$159,524
Employee contributions$987,007
Employer contribution per active participant$688
Average account balance$131,781
Benefits paid to participants$2,566,437
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorBARNES DENNING
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$33.1M · 251 accts · $160K emplr
2023$29.5M · 262 accts · $157K emplr
2022$24.0M · 261 accts · $149K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$3,080
Audit (IQPA)$18,250
Total administrative$29,460
The Ferno-Washington, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$688
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$688 per active participant
2023$604 per active participant
2022$592 per active participant

Ferno-Washington, 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.

Service providers · 20243
T ROWE PRICE RPS INC · Recordkeeping · Trustee$3,080
BARNES DENNIG · Accounting / audit$18,250
ESLER & VANDERSCHAAF CO., LPA · Consulting$8,396

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024T. Rowe Price
2023T. Rowe Price

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Administrative cost history3
2024$29,460 · 0.09%
2023$21,177 · 0.08%
2022$18,647 · 0.07%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 310595222 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.