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Shields Health Care Group, Inc.401(k)

SHIELDS HEALTH CARE GROUP 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · QUINCY, MA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.18%

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

Shields Health Care Group, Inc. reported $172,273 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.18% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $990 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 0.19% to 0.18%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other health care & social assistance employers. By assets it is the 417th-largest of 2,726 plans among Massachusetts employers on file, and the 1,072nd of 11,911 in health care & social assistance. In 2024, employees put in $4.73 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 1,093 to 1,334 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$103,775,927
Participants with balances1,465
Active participants1,334
Employer contributions$1,321,241
Employee contributions$6,254,226
Employer contribution per active participant$990
Average account balance$70,837
Benefits paid to participants$7,027,796
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$103.8M · 1,465 accts · $1.3M emplr
2023$88.2M · 1,341 accts · $1.3M emplr
2022$75.2M · 1,278 accts · $2.3M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$122,273
Investment management$50,000
Total administrative$172,273
The Shields Health Care Group, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$990
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$990 per active participant
2023$1,122 per active participant
2022$2,118 per active participant

Shields Health Care Group, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 median for plans its size, in the bottom 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
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$122,273
KESTRA INVESTMENT SERVICES LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$50,000

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$172,273 · 0.18%
2023$154,018 · 0.19%
2022$156,091 · 0.19%
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Benchmark Senior Living LLC MA$94.9M · 0.48%
Everbridge, Inc. MA$92.5M · 0.21%
Heywood Hospital MA$88.2M · 0.18%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 042974694 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.