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Ford Gum & Machine Company401(k)

FORD GUM PROFIT SHARING/401K PLAN · AKRON, NY · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.06%

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

Ford Gum & Machine Company reported $5,712 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.06% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,837 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 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in New York (3,723rd of 5,648), and 9,137th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $3.00 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$9,213,365
Participants with balances109
Active participants97
Employer contributions$178,237
Employee contributions$534,198
Employer contribution per active participant$1,837
Average account balance$84,526
Benefits paid to participants$1,644,596
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorJGD ASSOCIATES LLP
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$4,225
Investment management$1,487
Total administrative$5,712
The Ford Gum & Machine Company 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,837
Median for plans this size$1,313

Ford Gum & Machine Company's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $1,313 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 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20241
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$4,225

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

Administrative cost history1
2024$5,712 · 0.06%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 160436120 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.