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Merit Brass Co.401(k)

MERIT BRASS CO. 401K PROFIT SHARING PLAN & TRUST · CLEVELAND, OH · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.55%

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

Merit Brass Co. reported $110,107 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.55% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $838 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 0.17% to 0.55%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 1,297th-largest of 3,295 plans among Ohio employers on file, and the 5,837th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $5.35 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$20,517,747
Participants with balances215
Active participants207
Employer contributions$173,438
Employee contributions$928,569
Employer contribution per active participant$838
Average account balance$95,431
Benefits paid to participants$2,472,245
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$20.5M · 215 accts · $173K emplr
2023$19.3M · 238 accts · $174K emplr
2022$17.0M · 265 accts · $158K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$110,107
Total administrative$110,107
The Merit Brass Co. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$838
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$838 per active participant
2023$778 per active participant
2022$736 per active participant

Merit Brass Co.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 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 · 20243
TRANSAMERICA LIFE INSURANCE CO · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$89,101
ERISA SERVICES, INC · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$20,215
LPL FINANCIAL · Insurance broker · Insurance servicesindirect comp

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024ERISA SERVICES, INC, Transamerica
2023ERISA SERVICES, INC, Transamerica

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Administrative cost history3
2024$110,107 · 0.55%
2023$158,088 · 0.87%
2022$31,523 · 0.17%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 340871314 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.