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Paddock Publications, Inc.ESOP

PADDOCK PUBLICATIONS, INC. EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN · ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.00%

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

Paddock Publications, Inc. reported $100 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.00% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $18,749 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 0.000% to 0.000%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other information & media employers. By assets it is the 941st-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 526th of 2,199 in information & media. active participation has shrunk from 226 to 142 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$48,455,556
Participants with balances259
Active participants142
Employer contributions$2,662,413
Employee contributions—
Employer contribution per active participant$18,749
Average account balance$187,087
Benefits paid to participants$8,489,300
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorWEISS & COMPANY LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$48.5M · 259 accts · $2.7M emplr
2023$47.5M · 353 accts · $3.1M emplr
2022$27.5M · 389 accts · $1.0M emplr
Employer contributions to the Paddock Publications, Inc. plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$18,749
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$18,749 per active participant
2023$20,403 per active participant
2022$4,425 per active participant

Paddock Publications, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 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.

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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.

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Charles Schwab
2023Charles Schwab

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Administrative cost history3
2024$100 · 0.00%
2023$100 · 0.00%
2022$100 · 0.00%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 362104951 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.