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Microfinancial, Incorporated401(k)

MICROFINANCIAL, INCORPORATED 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · BURLINGTON, MA · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.47%

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

Microfinancial, Incorporated reported $53,673 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.47% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,432 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 0.59% to 0.35%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 26,779 comparable plans and shown alongside other real estate & leasing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Massachusetts (1,673rd of 2,726), and the 948th of 2,096 in real estate & leasing. In 2023, employees put in $3.96 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 266 to 215 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$12,773,981
Participants with balances355
Active participants215
Employer contributions$307,918
Employee contributions$1,218,109
Employer contribution per active participant$1,432
Average account balance$35,983
Benefits paid to participants$1,381,272
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorLITMANGERSON ASSOCIATES, LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$11.8M · 264 accts · $256K emplr
2023$12.8M · 355 accts · $308K emplr
2022$10.2M · 347 accts · $391K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$25,650
Investment management$28,023
Total administrative$53,673
The Microfinancial, Incorporated 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$1,432
Median for plans this size$2,440
2024$1,879 per active participant
2023$1,432 per active participant
2022$1,471 per active participant

Microfinancial, Incorporated's 2023 employer contribution ran below the $2,440 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.

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Service providers · 20231
BETTERMENT FOR BUSINESS, LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$53,673

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$42,416 · 0.35%
2023$53,673 · 0.47%
2022$61,977 · 0.59%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 042962824 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.