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The Cold Heading Company401(k)

THE STEVENS FAMILY 401(K) RETIREMENT PLAN · WARREN, MI · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.28%

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

The Cold Heading Company reported $178,553 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.28% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,908 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 fell from 0.26% to 0.21%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 9,317 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 380th-largest of 2,619 plans among Michigan employers on file, and the 2,395th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2023, employees put in $5.30 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 2,167 to 542 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$72,656,208
Participants with balances1,097
Active participants542
Employer contributions$1,575,971
Employee contributions$8,356,551
Employer contribution per active participant$2,908
Average account balance$66,232
Benefits paid to participants$5,850,914
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorDOEREN MAYHEW
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$56.9M · 584 accts · $438K emplr
2024$52.3M · 586 accts · $444K emplr
2023$72.7M · 1,097 accts · $1.6M emplr
2022$55.6M · 2,504 accts · $1.4M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$178,553
Total administrative$178,553
The The Cold Heading Company 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$2,908
Median for plans this size$3,659
2025$848 per active participant
2024$882 per active participant
2023$2,908 per active participant
2022$653 per active participant

The Cold Heading Company's 2023 employer contribution ran below the $3,659 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 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20233
T ROWE PRICE RPS INC · Recordkeeping · Trustee$178,847
SCHWARTZ AND CO INC · Consulting · Investment advisory (plan)$136,932
DOEREN MAYHEW CPAS AND ADVISORS · Accounting / audit$17,500

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

Recordkeeper by year3
2025T. Rowe Price
2024T. Rowe Price
2023T. Rowe Price

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Administrative cost history4
2025$112,037 · 0.21%
2024$78,918 · 0.13%
2023$178,553 · 0.28%
2022$161,585 · 0.26%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 381418830 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.