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Smith Brothers of Berne, Inc.401(k)

SMITH BROTHERS OF BERNE RETIREMENT PLAN · BERNE, IN · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.54%

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

Smith Brothers of Berne, Inc. reported $117,340 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.54% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,255 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 0.543%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 514th-largest of 1,562 plans among Indiana employers on file, and the 5,480th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $2.50 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 563 to 448 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$22,543,202
Participants with balances464
Active participants448
Employer contributions$562,042
Employee contributions$1,405,416
Employer contribution per active participant$1,255
Average account balance$48,584
Benefits paid to participants$2,515,691
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorKATZ SAPPER & MILLER
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$22.5M · 464 accts · $562K emplr
2023$20.7M · 470 accts · $565K emplr
2022$17.7M · 556 accts · $583K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$64,639
Investment management$52,701
Total administrative$117,340
The Smith Brothers of Berne, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,255
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,255 per active participant
2023$1,239 per active participant
2022$1,036 per active participant

Smith Brothers of Berne, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 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 · 20243
MERRILL LYNCH PIERCE FENNER & SMITH · Investment advisory (plan)$46,984
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management$5,717

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$117,340 · 0.54%
2023$104,012 · 0.54%
2022$101,398 · 0.54%
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The Flexaust Company, Inc. IN$22.3M · 0.61%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 350663407 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.