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Ices, Inc.401(k)

ICES, INC. / CONNECTICUT TRANSPORTATION SOLUTIONS, LLC 401(K) PLAN · NAUGATUCK, CT · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
3.00%

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

Ices, Inc. reported $72,071 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 3.00% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $322 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 2.49% to 3.00%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other health care & social assistance employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Connecticut (1,008th of 1,106), and 9,516th of 11,911 in health care & social assistance. In 2024, employees put in $4.11 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 417 to 342 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$2,661,782
Participants with balances360
Active participants342
Employer contributions$110,000
Employee contributions$451,985
Employer contribution per active participant$322
Average account balance$7,394
Benefits paid to participants$235,635
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorCAPOSSELA, COHEN, LLC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$2.7M · 360 accts · $110K emplr
2023$2.1M · 339 accts · $100K emplr
2022$1.7M · 366 accts · $100K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$72,071
Total administrative$72,071
The Ices, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$322
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$322 per active participant
2023$305 per active participant
2022$240 per active participant

Ices, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $1,313 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 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20243
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$49,380
WELLS THOMAS, LLC · Contract administrator · Other services$22,691
THE PATRIOT FINANCIAL GROUP, LLC · Investment advisory (plan)indirect 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$72,071 · 3.00%
2023$55,810 · 2.94%
2022$36,466 · 2.49%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 470873083 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.