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New Directions Technologies401(k)

NEW DIRECTIONS TECHNOLOGIES, INC 401K PLAN · RIDGECREST, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.23%

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

New Directions Technologies reported $50,861 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.23% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,724 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 0.25% to 0.23%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is the 3,189th-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 4,883rd of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $2.24 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 224 to 376 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$24,126,863
Participants with balances473
Active participants376
Employer contributions$1,024,048
Employee contributions$2,298,812
Employer contribution per active participant$2,724
Average account balance$51,008
Benefits paid to participants$2,083,489
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorBRONTIDE LLC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$24.1M · 473 accts · $1.0M emplr
2023$19.3M · 399 accts · $717K emplr
2022$16.3M · 361 accts · $605K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$9,693
Trustee / custodial$41,168
Total administrative$50,861
The New Directions Technologies 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,724
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$2,724 per active participant
2023$2,516 per active participant
2022$2,702 per active participant

New Directions Technologies'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.

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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 · 20241
ALERUS FINANCIAL, N.A. · Recordkeeping · Trustee$50,861

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Alerus
2023Alerus

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Administrative cost history3
2024$50,861 · 0.23%
2023$44,132 · 0.25%
2022$47,302 · 0.25%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 954405570 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.