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John Lucas Tree Expert Co.401(k)

LUCAS TREE 401(K) PLAN · FALMOUTH, ME · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.21%

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

John Lucas Tree Expert Co. reported $33,174 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.21% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,660 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 0.22% to 0.21%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other agriculture, forestry & fishing employers. By assets it is the 167th-largest of 354 plans among Maine employers on file, and the 299th of 945 in agriculture, forestry & fishing. In 2024, employees put in $1.68 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$16,579,491
Participants with balances214
Active participants313
Employer contributions$519,686
Employee contributions$872,351
Employer contribution per active participant$1,660
Average account balance$77,474
Benefits paid to participants$1,359,398
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorBAKER NEWMAN & NOYES
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$16.6M · 214 accts · $520K emplr
2023$14.9M · 217 accts · $478K emplr
2022$12.2M · 214 accts · $400K emplr
The John Lucas Tree Expert Co. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,660
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,660 per active participant
2023$1,572 per active participant
2022$1,282 per active participant

John Lucas Tree Expert Co.'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.

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 · 20244
COMMONWEALTH FINANCIAL NETWORK · Investment advisory (plan)$46,838
BAKER NEWMAN & NOYES LLC · Accounting / audit$12,000
HUB INTERNATIONAL NEW ENGLAND · Contract administrator$10,720

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$33,174 · 0.21%
2023$30,180 · 0.22%
2022$28,574 · 0.22%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 010110890 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.