Plan Ledger DOL Form 5500 · updated monthly

Gardeners Guild, Inc.ESOP

GARDENERS GUILD EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN · RICHMOND, CA · plan year 2022

Employer contribution per participant · 2022
$649

Gardeners Guild, Inc.'s 2022 Form 5500 did not separately report plan administrative expenses, which is common where recordkeeping is paid through investment revenue-sharing or a master trust. The plan held $1,041,641 across 176 participant accounts, with employer contributions averaging $649 per active participant. See methodology for what Form 5500 does and doesn't capture.

The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 30,021 comparable plans and shown alongside other administrative & support services employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in California (8,813th of 9,483), and 2,185th of 2,534 in administrative & support services.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$1,041,641
Participants with balances176
Active participants111
Employer contributions$72,000
Employee contributions—
Employer contribution per active participant$649
Average account balance$5,918
Benefits paid to participants$71,659
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$947K · 180 accts · $35K emplr
2023$977K · 177 accts · $71K emplr
2022$1.0M · 176 accts · $72K emplr
Employer contributions to the Gardeners Guild, Inc. plan · 2022
Employer contribution per active participant$649
Median for plans this size$1,114
2024$294 per active participant
2023$602 per active participant
2022$649 per active participant

Gardeners Guild, Inc.'s 2022 employer contribution ran below 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.

Administrative cost history3
2024Not separately reported
2023Not separately reported
2022Not separately reported
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 680082879 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.