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Master Security Company, LLCProfit-sharing plan

MASTER SECURITY COMPANY, LLC RETIREMENT PLAN · HUNT VALLEY, MD · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
2.46%

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

Master Security Company, LLC reported $28,048 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 2.46% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,405 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 2.92% to 5.55%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 22,307 comparable plans and shown alongside other administrative & support services employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Maryland (1,584th of 1,671), and 2,129th of 2,534 in administrative & support services.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$1,221,079
Participants with balances359
Active participants171
Employer contributions$240,236
Employee contributions—
Employer contribution per active participant$1,405
Average account balance$3,401
Benefits paid to participants$96,532
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorALTA CPA GROUP
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$0
2024$242K · 172 accts · $134K emplr
2023$1.2M · 359 accts · $240K emplr
2022$1.1M · 375 accts · $172K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$28,048
Total administrative$28,048
Employer contributions to the Master Security Company, LLC plan · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$1,405
Median for plans this size$1,308
2023$1,405 per active participant
2022$1,039 per active participant

Master Security Company, LLC's 2023 employer contribution ran above the $1,308 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 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Administrative cost history4
2025Not separately reported
2024$40,581 · 5.55%
2023$28,048 · 2.46%
2022$32,342 · 2.92%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 205802701 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.