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Gaines and Company, Inc.401(k)

GAINES AND COMPANY, INC. 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · REISTERTOWN, MD · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.36%

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

Gaines and Company, Inc. reported $102,865 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.36% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $4,118 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 0.361%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other utilities employers. By assets it is the 464th-largest of 1,671 plans among Maryland employers on file, and 227th of 412 in utilities. In 2024, employees put in $1.47 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$30,392,457
Participants with balances324
Active participants219
Employer contributions$901,901
Employee contributions$1,322,481
Employer contribution per active participant$4,118
Average account balance$93,804
Benefits paid to participants$1,216,942
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorGORFINE SCHILLER & GARDYN
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$30.4M · 324 accts · $902K emplr
2023$26.5M · 295 accts · $949K emplr
2022$22.2M · 272 accts · $979K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$49,363
Investment management$34,102
Audit (IQPA)$19,400
Total administrative$102,865
The Gaines and Company, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$4,118
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$4,118 per active participant
2023$4,108 per active participant
2022$4,133 per active participant

Gaines and Company, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above 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 · 20243
ADP, INC. · Loan processing · Recordkeeping$49,363
GREENSPRING ADVISORS, LLC · Recordkeeping · Trustee$34,102
GORFINE SCHILLER & GARDYN, PA · Recordkeeping · Pension consulting$19,400

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024ADP, GORFINE SCHILLER & GARDYN, PA, GREENSPRING ADVISORS, LLC
2023ADP, GORFINE SCHILLER & GARDYN, PA, GREENSPRING ADVISORS, LLC

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Administrative cost history3
2024$102,865 · 0.36%
2023$89,391 · 0.37%
2022$87,351 · 0.36%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 520636385 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.