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Spates Fabricators, Inc.Profit-sharing plan

SPATES FABRICATORS, INC. PROFIT SHARING PLAN · THERMAL, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.50%

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

Spates Fabricators, Inc. reported $52,403 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.50% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $7,156 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 0.55% to 0.50%. 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 among the smaller plans on file in California (5,166th of 9,483), and 8,316th of 13,661 in manufacturing. active participation has shrunk from 141 to 109 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$11,132,799
Participants with balances207
Active participants109
Employer contributions$780,022
Employee contributions$0
Employer contribution per active participant$7,156
Average account balance$53,782
Benefits paid to participants$742,365
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorKENNEDY & KENNEDY CPA
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$11.1M · 207 accts · $780K emplr
2023$10.0M · 255 accts · $903K emplr
2022$8.3M · 234 accts · $932K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Investment management$52,403
Total administrative$52,403
Employer contributions to the Spates Fabricators, Inc. plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$7,156
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$7,156 per active participant
2023$7,338 per active participant
2022$6,612 per active participant

Spates Fabricators, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 median for plans its size, placing it in the top 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 · 20241
NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL INVESTMENT SERV · Investment advisory (plan)$52,403

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$52,403 · 0.50%
2023$47,019 · 0.51%
2022$43,982 · 0.55%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 330121502 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.