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Green Circle Growers, Inc.401(k)

GREEN CIRCLE GROWERS, INC 401(K) RETIREMENT PLAN · OBERLIN, OH · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.44%

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

Green Circle Growers, Inc. reported $149,261 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.44% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,864 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 0.44%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other agriculture, forestry & fishing employers. By assets it is the 830th-largest of 3,295 plans among Ohio employers on file, and the 128th of 945 in agriculture, forestry & fishing. In 2024, employees put in $1.78 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$37,062,964
Participants with balances426
Active participants757
Employer contributions$1,410,925
Employee contributions$2,516,880
Employer contribution per active participant$1,864
Average account balance$87,002
Benefits paid to participants$2,705,438
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorBARNES WENDLING CPAS, INC.
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$37.1M · 426 accts · $1.4M emplr
2023$31.3M · 409 accts · $1.3M emplr
2022$26.2M · 409 accts · $1.4M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$149,261
Total administrative$149,261
The Green Circle Growers, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,864
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,864 per active participant
2023$1,737 per active participant
2022$1,679 per active participant

Green Circle Growers, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below 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 · 20242
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$149,260
KESTRA ADVISORY SERVICES, LLC · Investment advisory (plan)indirect comp

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$149,261 · 0.44%
2023$125,217 · 0.44%
2022$105,318 · 0.45%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 341102630 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.