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Helfrich Bros Boiler Works, Inc.401(k)

HELFRICH BROS BOILER WORKS, INC. 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · LAWRENCE, MA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.15%

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

Helfrich Bros Boiler Works, Inc. reported $13,708 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.15% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $862 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 0.08% to 0.15%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Massachusetts (1,878th of 2,726), and 7,938th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $2.78 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 289 to 522 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$10,194,310
Participants with balances136
Active participants522
Employer contributions$449,873
Employee contributions$1,248,603
Employer contribution per active participant$862
Average account balance$74,958
Benefits paid to participants$1,040,237
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$10.2M · 136 accts · $450K emplr
2023$8.2M · 137 accts · $460K emplr
2022$6.2M · 124 accts · $377K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$13,708
Total administrative$13,708
The Helfrich Bros Boiler Works, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$862
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$862 per active participant
2023$1,415 per active participant
2022$1,306 per active participant

Helfrich Bros Boiler Works, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $1,313 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.

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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 · 20241
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$9,175

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$13,708 · 0.15%
2023$7,936 · 0.11%
2022$4,946 · 0.08%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 042280630 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.