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Gardner Glass Products, Inc.401(k)

GARDNER GLASS PRODUCTS, INC. RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · N.WILKESBORO, NC · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.44%

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

Gardner Glass Products, Inc. reported $21,578 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.44% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $479 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 0.51% to 0.44%. 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 North Carolina (1,466th of 2,005), and 11,220th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $3.39 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 87 to 183 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$4,968,850
Participants with balances148
Active participants183
Employer contributions$87,747
Employee contributions$297,287
Employer contribution per active participant$479
Average account balance$33,573
Benefits paid to participants$856,185
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorMARTIN STARNES & ASSOCIATES, CPAS
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$5.0M · 148 accts · $88K emplr
2023$4.9M · 151 accts · $48K emplr
2022$4.7M · 158 accts · $82K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$21,578
Total administrative$21,578
The Gardner Glass Products, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$479
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$479 per active participant
2023$229 per active participant
2022$939 per active participant

Gardner Glass Products, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $1,313 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.

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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
VOYA RETIREMENT INSURANCE & ANNUITY · Investment advisory (plan)$21,578

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$21,578 · 0.44%
2023$13,187 · 0.27%
2022$22,927 · 0.51%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 560747440 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.