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Flame & Wax Inc401(k)

FLAME & WAX INC 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN & TRUST · IRVINE, CA · plan year 2022

Reported admin expense ratio · 2022
0.69%

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

Flame & Wax Inc reported $23,580 in plan administrative expenses for 2022: 0.69% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,164 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.

The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 30,021 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in California (7,708th of 9,483), and 12,126th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2022, employees put in $2.00 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$3,283,627
Participants with balances66
Active participants142
Employer contributions$165,270
Employee contributions$329,889
Employer contribution per active participant$1,164
Average account balance$49,752
Benefits paid to participants$199,739
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2022
Recordkeeping & contract admin$13,005
Investment management$10,575
Total administrative$23,580
The Flame & Wax Inc 401(k) match · 2022
Employer contribution per active participant$1,164
Median for plans this size$1,114

Flame & Wax Inc's 2022 employer contribution ran above the $1,114 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.

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Annual cost at the plan's reported 2022 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Administrative cost history1
2022$23,580 · 0.69%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 330954594 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.