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First Help Financial, LLC401(k)

FIRST HELP FINANCIAL AND TREACY & COMPANY RETIREMENT PLAN · NEEDHAM, MA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.54%

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

First Help Financial, LLC reported $59,348 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.54% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,722 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 0.538%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Massachusetts (1,698th of 2,726), and 7,262nd of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $1.76 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 236 to 379 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$12,424,356
Participants with balances302
Active participants379
Employer contributions$652,655
Employee contributions$1,149,624
Employer contribution per active participant$1,722
Average account balance$41,140
Benefits paid to participants$918,239
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$12.4M · 302 accts · $653K emplr
2023$9.6M · 214 accts · $486K emplr
2022$8.0M · 171 accts · $485K emplr
The First Help Financial, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,722
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,722 per active participant
2023$1,632 per active participant
2022$2,056 per active participant

First Help Financial, LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 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.

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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MERRILL LYNCH PIERCE FENNER & SMITH · Investment advisory (plan)$26,146
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management$12,589
THE ANGELL PENSION GROUP INC · Contract administratorindirect 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$59,348 · 0.54%
2023$48,817 · 0.55%
2022$43,894 · 0.54%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 383739185 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.