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Lee Brass Foundry, LLC401(k)

LEE BRASS 401(K) RETIREMENT PLAN · ANNISTON, AL · plan year 2022

Reported admin expense ratio · 2022
0.83%

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

Lee Brass Foundry, LLC reported $20,209 in plan administrative expenses for 2022: 0.83% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $86 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 1 year on file its reported administrative ratio rose from 0.83% to 3.20%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 30,021 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Alabama (780th of 902), and 12,668th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2022, employees put in $12.93 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$2,320,348
Participants with balances283
Active participants190
Employer contributions$16,315
Employee contributions$210,885
Employer contribution per active participant$86
Average account balance$8,199
Benefits paid to participants$94,453
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorSIKICH LLP
Plan history2
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2023$168 · 5 accts · $3K emplr
2022$2.3M · 283 accts · $16K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2022
Recordkeeping & contract admin$20,209
Total administrative$20,209
The Lee Brass Foundry, LLC 401(k) match · 2022
Employer contribution per active participant$86
Median for plans this size$1,114

Lee Brass Foundry, LLC's 2022 employer contribution ran below the $1,114 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 2022 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Administrative cost history2
2023$37,128 · 3.20%
2022$20,209 · 0.83%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 454797283 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.