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Sparboe Farms, Inc.401(k)

SPARBOE FARMS, INC. 401(K) PLAN · LITCHFIELD, MN · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.67%

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

Sparboe Farms, Inc. reported $69,470 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.67% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $698 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 0.65% to 0.73%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 26,779 comparable plans and shown alongside other agriculture, forestry & fishing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Minnesota (1,249th of 1,918), and the 426th of 945 in agriculture, forestry & fishing. In 2023, employees put in $4.18 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$10,941,052
Participants with balances214
Active participants191
Employer contributions$133,289
Employee contributions$557,137
Employer contribution per active participant$698
Average account balance$51,126
Benefits paid to participants$1,113,210
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$7.9M · 163 accts · $76K emplr
2023$10.9M · 214 accts · $133K emplr
2022$9.9M · 221 accts · $121K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$39,498
Investment management$29,972
Total administrative$69,470
The Sparboe Farms, Inc. 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$698
Median for plans this size$2,440
2024$1,683 per active participant
2023$698 per active participant
2022$601 per active participant

Sparboe Farms, Inc.'s 2023 employer contribution ran below the $2,440 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 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20233
CHRISTENSEN GROUP FINANCIAL LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$20,000
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management$9,972

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$68,440 · 0.73%
2023$69,470 · 0.67%
2022$72,918 · 0.65%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 411226123 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.