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The Middlefield Banking Company401(k)

THE MIDDLEFIELD BANKING CO. 401(K) PLAN · MIDDLEFIELD, OH · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.44%

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

The Middlefield Banking Company reported $72,438 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.44% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,416 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 fell from 0.52% to 0.44%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is the 1,454th-largest of 3,295 plans among Ohio employers on file, and 3,257th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, employees put in $2.71 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$17,656,781
Participants with balances291
Active participants241
Employer contributions$582,151
Employee contributions$1,578,566
Employer contribution per active participant$2,416
Average account balance$60,676
Benefits paid to participants$3,095,511
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorSR SNODGRASS
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$17.7M · 291 accts · $582K emplr
2023$15.6M · 296 accts · $571K emplr
2022$12.6M · 273 accts · $455K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$70,570
Investment management$1,868
Total administrative$72,438
The The Middlefield Banking Company 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,416
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$2,416 per active participant
2023$2,277 per active participant
2022$1,912 per active participant

The Middlefield Banking Company's 2024 employer contribution ran above 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 · 20244
ADP, INC. · Loan processing · Recordkeeping$70,570
ALDEN INVESTMENT ADVISORS, LLC · Recordkeeping · Pension consulting$26,040
LEAFHOUSE FINANCIAL ADVISORS LLC · Recordkeeping · Pension consulting$5,992
ADP BROKER-DEALERindirect comp

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024ADP, ALDEN INVESTMENT ADVISORS, LLC, LEAFHOUSE FINANCIAL ADVISORS LLC
2023ADP, GLOBAL RETIREMENT PARTNERS

This plan has changed recordkeepers within these filings. If you left The Middlefield Banking Company before a switch, your account may sit at the earlier firm or in a rollover IRA. Looking for an account from a past job here? How to find an old 401(k).

Administrative cost history3
2024$72,438 · 0.44%
2023$79,626 · 0.56%
2022$73,952 · 0.52%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 340399850 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.