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Fisher-Barton Inc.401(k)

THE FISHER BARTON GROUP RETIREMENT PLAN · WATERTOWN, WI · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.45%

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

Fisher-Barton Inc. reported $168,025 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.45% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,312 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 0.32% to 0.45%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 493rd-largest of 1,936 plans among Wisconsin employers on file, and the 3,678th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $2.22 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 625 to 508 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$39,978,722
Participants with balances713
Active participants508
Employer contributions$1,174,263
Employee contributions$2,604,584
Employer contribution per active participant$2,312
Average account balance$56,071
Benefits paid to participants$4,356,790
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$40.0M · 713 accts · $1.2M emplr
2023$35.4M · 782 accts · $1.0M emplr
2022$34.6M · 838 accts · $1.1M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$77,890
Investment management$18,895
Audit (IQPA)$15,000
Total administrative$168,025
The Fisher-Barton Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,312
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$2,312 per active participant
2023$1,913 per active participant
2022$1,709 per active participant

Fisher-Barton Inc.'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.

Service providers · 20245
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$77,890
FRANCIS LLC · Consulting · Investment advisory (participants)$56,240
VRAKAS S.C. · Accounting / audit$15,000
ALPHA INVESTMENT CONSULTING GROUP · Investment advisory (plan)$10,000
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$8,895

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$168,025 · 0.45%
2023$132,818 · 0.38%
2022$121,187 · 0.32%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 203208428 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.