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Southwark Metal Manufacturing Co.401(k)

SOUTHWARK METAL MANUFACTURING CO. 401(K) RETIREMENT PLAN · PHILADELPHIA, PA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.55%

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

Southwark Metal Manufacturing Co. reported $126,303 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.55% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $551 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 0.63% to 0.55%. 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 1,358th-largest of 3,651 plans among Pennsylvania employers on file, and the 5,179th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $2.89 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$24,626,808
Participants with balances630
Active participants1,274
Employer contributions$701,839
Employee contributions$2,025,192
Employer contribution per active participant$551
Average account balance$39,090
Benefits paid to participants$2,598,497
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$24.6M · 630 accts · $702K emplr
2023$21.7M · 664 accts · $701K emplr
2022$17.6M · 857 accts · $709K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$126,303
Total administrative$126,303
The Southwark Metal Manufacturing Co. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$551
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$551 per active participant
2023$578 per active participant
2022$573 per active participant

Southwark Metal Manufacturing Co.'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 · 20242
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$126,303
COMMONWEALTH FINANCIAL NETWORK · Investment advisory (plan)indirect comp

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$126,303 · 0.55%
2023$123,323 · 0.63%
2022$117,600 · 0.63%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 231639196 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.