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Prospectus/Berco401(k)

PROSPECTUS/BERCO 401(K) PLAN · READING, PA · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.53%

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

Prospectus/Berco reported $61,117 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.53% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,086 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 0.66%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 26,779 comparable plans and shown alongside other health care & social assistance employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Pennsylvania (2,098th of 3,651), and the 5,140th of 11,911 in health care & social assistance. In 2023, the employer put in $1.13 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$12,053,895
Participants with balances301
Active participants256
Employer contributions$789,982
Employee contributions$699,558
Employer contribution per active participant$3,086
Average account balance$40,046
Benefits paid to participants$1,561,392
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorHERBEIN & COMPANY, INC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$11.2M · 306 accts · $361K emplr
2023$12.1M · 301 accts · $790K emplr
2022$11.0M · 337 accts · $299K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$39,835
Investment management$21,282
Total administrative$61,117
The Prospectus/Berco 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$3,086
Median for plans this size$2,440
2024$1,400 per active participant
2023$3,086 per active participant
2022$1,168 per active participant

Prospectus/Berco's 2023 employer contribution ran above the $2,440 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 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20233
MERRILL LYNCH PIERCE FENNER & SMITH · Investment advisory (plan)$17,198
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management$4,084

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$76,981 · 0.66%
2023$61,117 · 0.53%
2022$73,155 · 0.68%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 232023612 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.