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Noel Group, LLC401(k)

NOEL GROUP RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · ZEBULON, NC · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.45%

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

Noel Group, LLC reported $71,115 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.45% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,273 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 0.40% to 0.45%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 1,620 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 815th-largest of 2,005 plans among North Carolina employers on file, and the 6,604th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2025, employees put in $2.11 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 214 to 161 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$16,869,546
Participants with balances252
Active participants161
Employer contributions$526,981
Employee contributions$1,112,986
Employer contribution per active participant$3,273
Average account balance$66,943
Benefits paid to participants$2,220,803
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorROMEO WIGGINS & COMPANY, LLP
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$16.9M · 252 accts · $527K emplr
2024$15.0M · 253 accts · $463K emplr
2023$12.9M · 237 accts · $430K emplr
2022$12.2M · 282 accts · $524K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Recordkeeping & contract admin$35,810
Investment management$35,305
Total administrative$71,115
The Noel Group, LLC 401(k) match · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$3,273
Median for plans this size$2,666
2025$3,273 per active participant
2024$2,691 per active participant
2023$2,690 per active participant
2022$2,451 per active participant

Noel Group, LLC's 2025 employer contribution ran above the $2,666 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.

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 · 20252
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$35,810
MMA SECURITIES · Investment advisory (plan)$35,305

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$71,115 · 0.45%
2024$54,980 · 0.40%
2023$52,937 · 0.42%
2022$53,772 · 0.40%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 561993543 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.