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Richards, Inc.401(k)

RICHARDS, INC. 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN AND TRUST · BRATTLEBORO, VT · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.07%

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

Richards, Inc. reported $24,680 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.07% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $4,526 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 rose from 0.04% to 0.07%. 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 52nd-largest of 230 plans among Vermont employers on file, and the 2,103rd of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, employees put in $1.73 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 138 to 155 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$36,834,081
Participants with balances197
Active participants155
Employer contributions$701,529
Employee contributions$1,210,892
Employer contribution per active participant$4,526
Average account balance$186,975
Benefits paid to participants$922,933
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorDOWNEY, PIECIAK, FITZGERALD & CO
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$36.8M · 197 accts · $702K emplr
2023$31.3M · 190 accts · $633K emplr
2022$25.9M · 168 accts · $548K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$24,680
Total administrative$24,680
The Richards, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$4,526
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$4,526 per active participant
2023$4,136 per active participant
2022$3,969 per active participant

Richards, 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.

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.

Administrative cost history3
2024$24,680 · 0.07%
2023$22,778 · 0.08%
2022$11,035 · 0.04%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 030215988 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.