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Needham Bank401(k)

NEEDHAM BANK 401(K) PLAN · NEEDHAM, MA · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.13%

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

Needham Bank reported $81,440 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.13% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $7,701 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 0.06% to 0.13%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 605 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is the 550th-largest of 2,726 plans among Massachusetts employers on file, and the 1,308th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2025, employees put in $1.45 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 344 to 387 since 2023.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$69,027,055
Participants with balances429
Active participants387
Employer contributions$2,980,288
Employee contributions$4,319,154
Employer contribution per active participant$7,701
Average account balance$160,902
Benefits paid to participants$5,110,249
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$69.0M · 429 accts · $3.0M emplr
2024$58.0M · 393 accts · $2.6M emplr
2023$46.0M · 348 accts · $1.2M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Recordkeeping & contract admin$81,440
Total administrative$81,440
The Needham Bank 401(k) match · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$7,701
Median for plans this size$4,093
2025$7,701 per active participant
2024$6,898 per active participant
2023$3,372 per active participant

Needham Bank's 2025 employer contribution ran above the $4,093 median for plans its size, placing it in the top 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 2025 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20253
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$81,333
MORNINGSTAR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT L · Investment advisory (participants)indirect comp
WILSHIRE ADVISORS LLC · Investment advisory (plan)indirect comp

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

Administrative cost history3
2025$81,440 · 0.13%
2024$69,860 · 0.13%
2023$25,768 · 0.06%
All plans at this employer2
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 843556185 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.