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Lerch Bates Inc.401(k)

LERCH BATES 401(K) RETIREMENT PLAN · ENGLEWOOD, CO · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.13%

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

Lerch Bates Inc. reported $75,612 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.13% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $7,171 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 0.12% to 0.13%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is the 206th-largest of 1,461 plans among Colorado employers on file, and the 2,340th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $1.60 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$60,981,540
Participants with balances448
Active participants334
Employer contributions$2,394,983
Employee contributions$3,832,929
Employer contribution per active participant$7,171
Average account balance$136,120
Benefits paid to participants$6,855,463
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$61.0M · 448 accts · $2.4M emplr
2023$52.2M · 426 accts · $2.3M emplr
2022$43.2M · 425 accts · $2.1M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$75,612
Total administrative$75,612
The Lerch Bates Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$7,171
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$7,171 per active participant
2023$7,072 per active participant
2022$6,151 per active participant

Lerch Bates Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $3,635 median for plans its size, placing it in the top 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 · 20241
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$75,612

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$75,612 · 0.13%
2023$60,655 · 0.13%
2022$56,121 · 0.12%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 362285171 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.