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Monarch Enterprises, Inc.401(k)

MONARCH ENTERPRISES, INC. 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN AND TRUST · KIRKLAND, WA · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.57%

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

Monarch Enterprises, Inc. reported $62,776 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.57% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $161 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 0.31% to 0.52%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 26,779 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Washington (989th of 1,714), and 7,491st of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2023, employees put in $10.94 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 324 to 389 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$11,638,385
Participants with balances205
Active participants389
Employer contributions$62,707
Employee contributions$686,134
Employer contribution per active participant$161
Average account balance$56,773
Benefits paid to participants$945,545
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$11.3M · 225 accts · $98K emplr
2023$11.6M · 205 accts · $63K emplr
2022$10.2M · 205 accts · $59K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$29,524
Total administrative$62,776
The Monarch Enterprises, Inc. 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$161
Median for plans this size$2,440
2024$132 per active participant
2023$161 per active participant
2022$181 per active participant

Monarch Enterprises, Inc.'s 2023 employer contribution ran below the $2,440 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 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20231
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$29,524

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$59,874 · 0.52%
2023$62,776 · 0.57%
2022$36,206 · 0.31%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 736502479 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.