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M. Simon Zook Co.401(k)

M. SIMON ZOOK 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · HONEYBROOK, PA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.86%

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

M. Simon Zook Co. reported $75,837 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.86% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $625 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 1.04% to 0.86%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Pennsylvania (2,364th of 3,651), and 9,118th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $5.06 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 208 to 174 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$9,260,110
Participants with balances246
Active participants174
Employer contributions$108,814
Employee contributions$550,963
Employer contribution per active participant$625
Average account balance$37,643
Benefits paid to participants$964,596
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorSTAMBAUGH NESS, PC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$9.3M · 246 accts · $109K emplr
2023$8.3M · 249 accts · $96K emplr
2022$6.9M · 239 accts · $82K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$25,823
Investment management$47,244
Trustee / custodial$2,210
Total administrative$75,837
The M. Simon Zook Co. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$625
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$625 per active participant
2023$535 per active participant
2022$395 per active participant

M. Simon Zook Co.'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 · 20242
SENTINEL BENEFITS GROUP, LLC · Recordkeeping$25,823
THE COMPREHENSIVE COMPANIES · Consulting · Investment advisory (participants)$47,244

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Sentinel Group
2023Sentinel Group

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Administrative cost history3
2024$75,837 · 0.86%
2023$72,592 · 0.96%
2022$70,755 · 1.04%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 231496543 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.