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Partners Bank401(k)

PARTNERS BANK 401(K) SAVINGS PLAN · SANFORD, ME · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.15%

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

Partners Bank reported $38,585 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.15% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $6,787 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 0.17% to 0.15%. 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 113th-largest of 354 plans among Maine employers on file, and 2,559th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, the employer put in $1.52 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves; active participation has grown from 120 to 191 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$27,411,926
Participants with balances154
Active participants191
Employer contributions$1,296,235
Employee contributions$855,158
Employer contribution per active participant$6,787
Average account balance$178,000
Benefits paid to participants$2,718,686
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorBAKER NEWMAN & NOYES
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$27.4M · 154 accts · $1.3M emplr
2023$23.8M · 126 accts · $1.1M emplr
2022$19.1M · 178 accts · $998K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$38,585
Total administrative$38,585
The Partners Bank 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$6,787
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$6,787 per active participant
2023$8,982 per active participant
2022$8,315 per active participant

Partners Bank'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.

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
PENTEGRA SERVICES, INC · Contract administrator$23,880

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

Administrative cost history3
2024$38,585 · 0.15%
2023$38,277 · 0.18%
2022$36,854 · 0.17%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 010154810 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.