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Meridian Bank401(k)

MERIDIAN BANK 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · MALVERN, PA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.20%

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

Meridian Bank reported $88,025 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.20% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,882 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 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio has held roughly steady near 0.20%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is the 821st-largest of 3,651 plans among Pennsylvania employers on file, and the 1,730th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, employees put in $3.16 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 352 to 316 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$47,962,076
Participants with balances378
Active participants316
Employer contributions$910,791
Employee contributions$2,882,639
Employer contribution per active participant$2,882
Average account balance$126,884
Benefits paid to participants$2,993,483
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorFISCHER CUNNANE & ASSOCIATES, LTD.
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$48.0M · 378 accts · $911K emplr
2023$41.0M · 390 accts · $917K emplr
2022$35.2M · 402 accts · $1.0M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$88,025
Total administrative$88,025
The Meridian Bank 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,882
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$2,882 per active participant
2023$2,930 per active participant
2022$2,919 per active participant

Meridian Bank'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
ASSOCIATED BENEFIT PLANNERS, LTD. · Contract administrator$27,241

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$88,025 · 0.20%
2023$78,629 · 0.21%
2022$71,812 · 0.19%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 320116054 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.