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Fred Beans Ford, Inc.401(k)

FRED BEANS AUTOMOTIVE GROUP 401(K) PLAN · DOYLESTOWN, PA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.14%

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

Fred Beans Ford, Inc. reported $153,694 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.14% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $716 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 0.17% to 0.14%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other retail trade employers. By assets it is the 427th-largest of 3,651 plans among Pennsylvania employers on file, and the 332nd of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2024, employees put in $5.97 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 1,608 to 2,351 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$116,648,514
Participants with balances2,298
Active participants2,351
Employer contributions$1,683,410
Employee contributions$10,043,915
Employer contribution per active participant$716
Average account balance$50,761
Benefits paid to participants$7,461,611
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorBOYER & RITTER
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$116.6M · 2,298 accts · $1.7M emplr
2023$98.1M · 1,963 accts · $1.7M emplr
2022$78.1M · 1,827 accts · $1.5M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$13,970
Investment management$121,224
Audit (IQPA)$18,500
Total administrative$153,694
The Fred Beans Ford, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$716
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$716 per active participant
2023$1,000 per active participant
2022$945 per active participant

Fred Beans Ford, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 median for plans its size, in the bottom quarter of its peers. 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 · 20243
HORNOR TOWNSEND & KENT INC · Investment advisory (plan)$121,224
BOYER AND RITTER LLC · Accounting / audit$18,500
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$13,970

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$153,694 · 0.14%
2023$129,813 · 0.15%
2022$142,533 · 0.17%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 231982412 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.