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State Garden, Inc.401(k)

STATE GARDEN, INC. 401(K) RETIREMENT PLAN · CHELSEA, MA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.10%

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

State Garden, Inc. reported $18,101 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.10% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,354 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 0.07% to 0.10%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other wholesale trade employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Massachusetts (1,373rd of 2,726), and the 2,011th of 4,246 in wholesale trade. In 2024, employees put in $1.46 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$18,619,103
Participants with balances310
Active participants261
Employer contributions$614,434
Employee contributions$899,630
Employer contribution per active participant$2,354
Average account balance$60,062
Benefits paid to participants$1,006,884
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$18.6M · 310 accts · $614K emplr
2023$16.2M · 337 accts · $589K emplr
2022$13.2M · 298 accts · $471K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$17,057
Trustee / custodial$1,044
Total administrative$18,101
The State Garden, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,354
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$2,354 per active participant
2023$2,158 per active participant
2022$1,891 per active participant

State Garden, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 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.

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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
SENTINEL BENEFITS GROUP, INC. · Recordkeeping$17,057

Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Sentinel Group
2023Sentinel Group

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Administrative cost history3
2024$18,101 · 0.10%
2023$12,285 · 0.08%
2022$10,293 · 0.07%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 042237562 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.