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The Lowell Five Cent Savings Bank401(k)

SBERA 401(K) PLAN AS ADOPTED BY THE LOWELL FIVE CENT SAVINGS BANK · TEWKSBURY, MA · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.00%

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

The Lowell Five Cent Savings Bank reported $1,185 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.00% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,304 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 0.01% to 0.00%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 1,620 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is the 826th-largest of 2,726 plans among Massachusetts employers on file, and the 1,957th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2025, employees put in $2.13 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$40,072,380
Participants with balances262
Active participants196
Employer contributions$647,660
Employee contributions$1,381,234
Employer contribution per active participant$3,304
Average account balance$152,948
Benefits paid to participants$1,031,537
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$40.1M · 262 accts · $648K emplr
2024$34.3M · 262 accts · $589K emplr
2023$29.8M · 267 accts · $555K emplr
2022$24.4M · 265 accts · $521K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Recordkeeping & contract admin$1,185
Total administrative$1,185
The The Lowell Five Cent Savings Bank 401(k) match · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$3,304
Median for plans this size$2,666
2025$3,304 per active participant
2024$3,100 per active participant
2023$3,048 per active participant
2022$2,880 per active participant

The Lowell Five Cent Savings Bank's 2025 employer contribution ran above the $2,666 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 2025 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Administrative cost history4
2025$1,185 · 0.00%
2024$1,090 · 0.00%
2023$1,020 · 0.00%
2022$1,480 · 0.01%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 453131005 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.