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Northern Bank & Trust Company401(k)

NORTHERN BANK AND TRUST COMPANY 401(K) PLAN · WOBURN, MA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.49%

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

Northern Bank & Trust Company reported $124,378 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.49% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,125 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 has held roughly steady near 0.491%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is the 1,057th-largest of 2,726 plans among Massachusetts employers on file, and 2,536th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, employees put in $4.09 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 215 to 248 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$27,872,457
Participants with balances276
Active participants248
Employer contributions$526,917
Employee contributions$2,157,277
Employer contribution per active participant$2,125
Average account balance$100,987
Benefits paid to participants$1,160,512
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$27.9M · 276 accts · $527K emplr
2023$22.8M · 269 accts · $468K emplr
2022$19.6M · 265 accts · $389K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$8,082
Investment management$115,339
Total administrative$124,378
The Northern Bank & Trust Company 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,125
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$2,125 per active participant
2023$1,926 per active participant
2022$1,811 per active participant

Northern Bank & Trust Company's 2024 employer contribution ran below 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.

What these fees cost you

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 · 20242
BENEFIT PLAN ADMIN SERVICES, INC. · Recordkeeping · Trustee$46,906
STRAGEGIC FINANCIAL SERVICES · Investment advisory (participants) · Investment advisory (plan)$77,472

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024BENEFIT PLAN ADMIN SERVICES, INC.
2023BENEFIT PLAN ADMIN SERVICES, INC.

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Administrative cost history3
2024$124,378 · 0.49%
2023$97,579 · 0.46%
2022$100,594 · 0.49%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 042265819 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.