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New England Authentic Eats LLC401(k)

NEW ENGLAND AUTHENTIC EATS 401(K) PLAN · DEDHAM, MA · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.48%

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

New England Authentic Eats LLC reported $126,602 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.48% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $119 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 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio rose from 0.26% to 0.48%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 1,620 comparable plans and shown alongside other accommodation & food services employers. By assets it is the 1,077th-largest of 2,726 plans among Massachusetts employers on file, and the 227th of 2,240 in accommodation & food services. In 2025, employees put in $7.52 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$27,020,707
Participants with balances440
Active participants984
Employer contributions$117,185
Employee contributions$881,402
Employer contribution per active participant$119
Average account balance$61,411
Benefits paid to participants$2,856,271
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$27.0M · 440 accts · $117K emplr
2024$25.5M · 452 accts · $128K emplr
2023$23.8M · 424 accts · $106K emplr
2022$21.3M · 400 accts · $87K emplr
The New England Authentic Eats LLC 401(k) match · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$119
Median for plans this size$2,666
2025$119 per active participant
2024$120 per active participant
2023$107 per active participant
2022$88 per active participant

New England Authentic Eats LLC's 2025 employer contribution ran below the $2,666 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 2025 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20256
PLEXUS FINANCIAL SVCS LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$15,000
IHT WEALTH MANAGEMENT LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$15,000
THE ANGELL PENSION GROUP, INC. · Contract administrator$11,539
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management$2,861
CARON AND BLETZER, PLLC$2,660

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

Administrative cost history4
2025$126,602 · 0.48%
2024$114,360 · 0.46%
2023$77,229 · 0.34%
2022$62,468 · 0.26%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 611905885 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.