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Hearthstone Utilities Inc.401(k) + ESOP (KSOP)

HEARTHSTONE UTILITIES INC. RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · NAPERVILLE, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.48%

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

Hearthstone Utilities Inc. reported $107,420 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.48% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $11,497 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 rose from 0.07% to 0.48%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other utilities employers. By assets it is the 1,592nd-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and 255th of 412 in utilities. In 2024, the employer put in $1.27 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves; active participation has shrunk from 267 to 121 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$22,638,529
Participants with balances291
Active participants121
Employer contributions$1,391,166
Employee contributions$1,096,929
Employer contribution per active participant$11,497
Average account balance$77,796
Benefits paid to participants$3,398,271
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$22.6M · 291 accts · $1.4M emplr
2023$22.6M · 355 accts · $1.6M emplr
2022$19.8M · 355 accts · $1.5M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$88,329
Investment management$1,478
Total administrative$107,420
The Hearthstone Utilities Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$11,497
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$11,497 per active participant
2023$7,136 per active participant
2022$5,556 per active participant

Hearthstone Utilities Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 median for plans its size, placing it in the top 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 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20243
BAKER TILLY US, LLP · Accounting / audit$15,412
GALLAGHER BENEFIT SERVICES INCindirect 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$107,420 · 0.48%
2023$71,225 · 0.34%
2022$13,163 · 0.07%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 273003768 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.