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The F.A. Bartlett Tree Expert Co.401(k)

BARTLETT TREE 401(K) PLAN · STAMFORD, CT · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.04%

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

The F.A. Bartlett Tree Expert Co. reported $81,047 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.04% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $602 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 0.039% to 0.044%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other administrative & support services employers. By assets it is the 105th-largest of 1,106 plans among Connecticut employers on file, and the 101st of 2,534 in administrative & support services. In 2024, employees put in $6.48 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 2,423 to 2,907 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$201,435,130
Participants with balances1,875
Active participants2,907
Employer contributions$1,749,484
Employee contributions$11,337,563
Employer contribution per active participant$602
Average account balance$107,432
Benefits paid to participants$15,499,776
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$201.4M · 1,875 accts · $1.7M emplr
2023$171.2M · 1,740 accts · $1.5M emplr
2022$136.1M · 1,600 accts · $1.4M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$2,082
Investment management$78,965
Total administrative$81,047
The The F.A. Bartlett Tree Expert Co. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$602
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$602 per active participant
2023$595 per active participant
2022$559 per active participant

The F.A. Bartlett Tree Expert 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
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$78,965
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$2,081

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$81,047 · 0.04%
2023$73,248 · 0.05%
2022$58,123 · 0.04%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 060254490 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.