First AlarmESOP
FIRST ALARM EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN AND TRUST · APTOS, CA · plan year 2023
Peer grade: C+ · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works
First Alarm reported $40,508 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 2.23% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,919 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 fell from 4.44% to 1.22%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 22,307 comparable plans and shown alongside other administrative & support services employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in California (8,353rd of 9,483), and 1,969th of 2,534 in administrative & support services.
First Alarm's 2023 employer contribution ran above the $1,308 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.
Annual cost at the plan's reported 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.
Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 942882805 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.