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Headwater Companies, LLC401(k)

HEADWATER COMPANIES, LLC 401(K) PLAN · FORT WAYNE, IN · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.23%

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

Headwater Companies, LLC reported $150,793 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.23% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,450 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 fell from 0.32% to 0.23%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 605 comparable plans and shown alongside other wholesale trade employers. By assets it is the 218th-largest of 1,562 plans among Indiana employers on file, and the 608th of 4,246 in wholesale trade. In 2025, employees put in $1.98 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$68,363,187
Participants with balances978
Active participants843
Employer contributions$2,065,499
Employee contributions$4,086,696
Employer contribution per active participant$2,450
Average account balance$69,901
Benefits paid to participants$8,449,649
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorGJC CPAS & ADVISORS
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$68.4M · 978 accts · $2.1M emplr
2024$60.8M · 1,031 accts · $2.2M emplr
2023$53.5M · 1,044 accts · $2.1M emplr
2022$44.2M · 1,018 accts · $2.1M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Recordkeeping & contract admin$95,405
Investment management$15,471
Audit (IQPA)$33,700
Total administrative$150,793
The Headwater Companies, LLC 401(k) match · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$2,450
Median for plans this size$4,093
2025$2,450 per active participant
2024$2,584 per active participant
2023$2,265 per active participant
2022$2,356 per active participant

Headwater Companies, LLC's 2025 employer contribution ran below the $4,093 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 2025 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20253
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$98,955
GJC CPA'S & ADVISORS · Accounting / audit$33,700
AON CONSULTING · Investment advisory (plan)$17,710

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$150,793 · 0.23%
2024$140,124 · 0.25%
2023$140,757 · 0.29%
2022$132,957 · 0.32%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 200319914 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.