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Hubbardton Forge, LLC401(k)

HUBBARDTON FORGE SAVINGS AND RETIREMENT PLAN · CASTLETON, VT · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.35%

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

Hubbardton Forge, LLC reported $65,482 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.35% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,799 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 0.40% to 0.35%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 97th-largest of 230 plans among Vermont employers on file, and the 5,984th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $2.95 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 231 to 197 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$19,699,405
Participants with balances293
Active participants197
Employer contributions$354,349
Employee contributions$1,046,448
Employer contribution per active participant$1,799
Average account balance$67,233
Benefits paid to participants$1,218,020
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$19.7M · 293 accts · $354K emplr
2023$17.4M · 283 accts · $360K emplr
2022$14.8M · 314 accts
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$39,227
Investment management$26,255
Total administrative$65,482
The Hubbardton Forge, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,799
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,799 per active participant
2023$1,715 per active participant

Hubbardton Forge, LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 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 · 20242
STANCORP FINANCIAL GROUP · Claims processing · Recordkeeping$39,227
PENSIONMARK FINANCIAL GROUP · Investment advisory (plan)$26,255

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024The Standard
2023The Standard

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Administrative cost history3
2024$65,482 · 0.35%
2023$59,382 · 0.37%
2022$63,643 · 0.40%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 203535651 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.