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Preston Ford, Inc.401(k)

PRESTON AUTOMOTIVE GROUP 401(K) PLAN · PRESTON, MD · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.94%

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

Preston Ford, Inc. reported $71,273 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.94% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $684 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 has held roughly steady near 0.94%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 22,307 comparable plans and shown alongside other retail trade employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Maryland (1,042nd of 1,671), and 2,856th of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2023, employees put in $4.07 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$8,915,607
Participants with balances665
Active participants664
Employer contributions$454,292
Employee contributions$1,849,712
Employer contribution per active participant$684
Average account balance$13,407
Benefits paid to participants$835,496
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$0 · $340K emplr
2023$8.9M · 665 accts · $454K emplr
2022$6.3M · 577 accts · $352K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$71,273
Total administrative$71,273
The Preston Ford, Inc. 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$684
Median for plans this size$1,308
2023$684 per active participant
2022$568 per active participant

Preston Ford, Inc.'s 2023 employer contribution ran below the $1,308 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.

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Annual cost at the plan's reported 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20231
LINCOLN NATIONAL CORPORATION · Contract administrator$71,273

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

Administrative cost history3
2024Not separately reported
2023$71,273 · 0.94%
2022$56,859 · 0.95%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 521042895 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.