Plan Ledger DOL Form 5500 · updated monthly

Hart Howerton Holdings, LTD.ESOP

HART HOWERTON EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN · SAN FRANCISCO, CA · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.21%

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

Hart Howerton Holdings, LTD. reported $56,499 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.21% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $0 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 0.34% to 0.15%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 26,779 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is the 2,712th-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 4,233rd of 11,654 in professional & technical services.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$29,445,851
Participants with balances182
Active participants128
Employer contributions$0
Employee contributions—
Employer contribution per active participant$0
Average account balance$161,790
Benefits paid to participants$1,429,570
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorMAH & ASSOCIATES, LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$26.3M · 179 accts
2023$29.4M · 182 accts
2022$25.3M · 206 accts · $610K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$56,499
Total administrative$56,499
Employer contributions to the Hart Howerton Holdings, LTD. plan · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$0
Median for plans this size$2,440

Hart Howerton Holdings, LTD.'s 2023 employer contribution ran below the $2,440 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.

What these fees cost you

Annual cost at the plan's reported 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20232
BLUE RIDGE ESOP ASSOCIATES · Accounting / audit$31,499
MAH & ASSOCIATES, LLP · Accounting / audit$25,000

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$42,668 · 0.15%
2023$56,499 · 0.21%
2022$75,839 · 0.34%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 274085152 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.