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Gold Bond, Inc401(k)

GOLD BOND 401(K) PLAN · HIXSON, TN · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.84%

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

Gold Bond, Inc reported $59,573 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.84% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,374 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 rose from 0.58% to 0.84%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 809 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Tennessee (924th of 1,496), and 9,767th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2025, employees put in $1.76 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 180 to 137 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$7,787,114
Participants with balances108
Active participants137
Employer contributions$188,234
Employee contributions$332,135
Employer contribution per active participant$1,374
Average account balance$72,103
Benefits paid to participants$194,048
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorJOHNSON, HICKEY, MURCHISON
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$7.8M · 108 accts · $188K emplr
2024$6.4M · 110 accts · $164K emplr
2023$6.1M · 123 accts · $163K emplr
2022$5.3M · 137 accts · $143K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Investment management$59,573
Total administrative$59,573
The Gold Bond, Inc 401(k) match · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$1,374
Median for plans this size$1,464
2025$1,374 per active participant
2024$1,180 per active participant
2023$1,038 per active participant
2022$794 per active participant

Gold Bond, Inc's 2025 employer contribution ran below the $1,464 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 2025 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20254
MERRILL LYNCH PIERCE FENNER & SMITH · Investment advisory (plan)$20,317
ERISA SERVICES, INC. · Contract administrator$14,247
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management$1,971

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

Administrative cost history4
2025$59,573 · 0.84%
2024$56,193 · 0.90%
2023$48,710 · 0.85%
2022$34,635 · 0.58%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 200347867 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.