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The Baker Company401(k)

THE BAKER COMPANY PROFIT SHARING AND RETIREMENT PLAN · SANFORD, ME · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.32%

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

The Baker Company reported $60,892 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.32% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,257 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 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio has held roughly steady near 0.32%. 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 144th-largest of 354 plans among Maine employers on file, and the 5,997th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $2.52 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 161 to 144 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$19,630,898
Participants with balances179
Active participants144
Employer contributions$325,000
Employee contributions$820,506
Employer contribution per active participant$2,257
Average account balance$109,670
Benefits paid to participants$1,831,000
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$19.6M · 179 accts · $325K emplr
2023$17.9M · 206 accts · $325K emplr
2022$15.3M · 194 accts · $50K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$60,892
Total administrative$60,892
The The Baker Company 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,257
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$2,257 per active participant
2023$1,776 per active participant
2022$312 per active participant

The Baker Company'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.

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 · 20243
COMMONWEALTH EQUITY SERVICES LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$45,464
DOWNEAST PENSION SERVICES, INC. · Contract administrator$2,325

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$60,892 · 0.32%
2023$53,189 · 0.32%
2022$58,239 · 0.33%
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Gissing North America LLC ME$18.9M · 0.19%
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Mowi USA, LLC ME$18.8M · 0.29%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 010222106 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.