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Spears Manufacturing Co.401(k)

SPEARS MANUFACTURING 401(K) PLAN · SYLMAR, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.05%

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

Spears Manufacturing Co. reported $32,880 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.05% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $572 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 0.06% to 0.05%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 1,422nd-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 2,607th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $2.20 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 1,807 to 2,021 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$64,986,601
Participants with balances647
Active participants2,021
Employer contributions$1,155,209
Employee contributions$2,539,300
Employer contribution per active participant$572
Average account balance$100,443
Benefits paid to participants$8,622,826
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorMEIHAUS CPA,PC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$65.0M · 647 accts · $1.2M emplr
2023$61.9M · 659 accts · $1.2M emplr
2022$55.8M · 665 accts · $1.2M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$19,190
Investment management$13,690
Total administrative$32,880
The Spears Manufacturing Co. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$572
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$572 per active participant
2023$611 per active participant
2022$668 per active participant

Spears Manufacturing Co.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 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
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$19,190
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$13,690

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$32,880 · 0.05%
2023$33,683 · 0.06%
2022$35,798 · 0.06%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 952647135 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.