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Meacham & Apel Architects, Inc.401(k)

MEACHAM & APEL ARCHITECTS, INC. 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · COLUMBUS, OH · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.39%

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

Meacham & Apel Architects, Inc. reported $55,619 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.39% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,590 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 0.29% to 0.39%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is the 1,624th-largest of 3,295 plans among Ohio employers on file, and 6,665th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $2.44 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 123 to 99 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$14,650,771
Participants with balances153
Active participants99
Employer contributions$256,451
Employee contributions$626,023
Employer contribution per active participant$2,590
Average account balance$95,757
Benefits paid to participants$2,605,185
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorBRIXEY & MEYER
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$14.7M · 153 accts · $256K emplr
2023$14.0M · 163 accts · $303K emplr
2022$11.2M · 154 accts · $620K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$21,277
Investment management$34,342
Total administrative$55,619
The Meacham & Apel Architects, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,590
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$2,590 per active participant
2023$3,438 per active participant
2022$5,040 per active participant

Meacham & Apel Architects, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above 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 · 20242
JOHN HANCOCK RETIREMENT PLAN SVCS · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$21,976
EVERHART FINANCIAL GROUP INC. · Investment advisory (participants) · Investment advisory (plan)$33,643

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024John Hancock
2023John Hancock

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Administrative cost history3
2024$55,619 · 0.39%
2023$44,152 · 0.35%
2022$35,003 · 0.29%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 310989412 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.