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Smithereen Company401(k)

SMITHEREEN COMPANY 401K PLAN · NILES, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.37%

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

Smithereen Company reported $21,970 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.37% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,813 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 0.13% to 0.37%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other administrative & support services employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Illinois (2,768th of 3,702), and the 1,265th of 2,534 in administrative & support services. In 2024, employees put in $1.47 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 117 to 150 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$6,615,443
Participants with balances149
Active participants150
Employer contributions$271,972
Employee contributions$401,100
Employer contribution per active participant$1,813
Average account balance$44,399
Benefits paid to participants$448,442
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$6.6M · 149 accts · $272K emplr
2023$5.1M · 127 accts · $234K emplr
2022$4.1M · 130 accts · $259K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$7,007
Audit (IQPA)$14,963
Total administrative$21,970
The Smithereen Company 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,813
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$1,813 per active participant
2023$1,904 per active participant
2022$2,217 per active participant

Smithereen Company's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $1,313 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 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20242
NEWPORT GROUP, INC. · Loan processing · Recordkeeping$7,006
BEKAERT LLP · Accounting / audit$10,500

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$21,970 · 0.37%
2023$18,699 · 0.40%
2022$5,655 · 0.13%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 361792300 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.