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Houff Transfer, Inc.401(k)

RETIREMENT PLAN FOR HOUFF TRANSFER, INC. · WEYERS CAVE, VA · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.71%

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

Houff Transfer, Inc. reported $140,231 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.71% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,118 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 0.68%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 26,779 comparable plans and shown alongside other transportation & warehousing employers. By assets it is the 958th-largest of 2,266 plans among Virginia employers on file, and the 716th of 2,677 in transportation & warehousing. In 2023, employees put in $1.45 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$21,059,212
Participants with balances137
Active participants104
Employer contributions$324,252
Employee contributions$471,623
Employer contribution per active participant$3,118
Average account balance$153,717
Benefits paid to participants$1,749,325
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorELMORE HUPP & COMPANY PLC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$18.9M · 130 accts · $342K emplr
2023$21.1M · 137 accts · $324K emplr
2022$18.5M · 156 accts · $363K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$62,812
Investment management$77,419
Total administrative$140,231
The Houff Transfer, Inc. 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$3,118
Median for plans this size$2,440
2024$3,457 per active participant
2023$3,118 per active participant
2022$3,242 per active participant

Houff Transfer, Inc.'s 2023 employer contribution ran above the $2,440 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 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20234
ACTUARIAL BENEFITS & DESIGN COMPANY · Recordkeeping · Pension consulting$15,938
MORRIS & WELLS WEALTH MANAGEMENT · Investment advisory (plan) · Investment management$41,552
JANNEY MONTGOMERY SCOTT LLC · Investment advisory (plan) · Investment management$35,849
ELMORE, HUPP & COMPANY, PLC · Accounting / audit$12,650

Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Recordkeeper by year2
2024ACTUARIAL BENEFITS & DESIGN COMPANY
2023ACTUARIAL BENEFITS & DESIGN COMPANY

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Administrative cost history3
2024$136,710 · 0.68%
2023$140,231 · 0.71%
2022$151,773 · 0.69%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 540486013 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.