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The Pond Guy, Inc.401(k)

THE POND GUY, INC. 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · ARMADA, MI · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.81%

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

The Pond Guy, Inc. reported $78,278 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.81% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,978 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 0.02% to 0.81%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other retail trade employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Michigan (1,474th of 2,619), and the 2,472nd of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2024, employees put in $2.35 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 122 to 160 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$10,858,066
Participants with balances164
Active participants160
Employer contributions$316,440
Employee contributions$742,740
Employer contribution per active participant$1,978
Average account balance$66,208
Benefits paid to participants$313,953
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$10.9M · 164 accts · $316K emplr
2023$8.6M · 161 accts · $309K emplr
2022$5.2M · 145 accts · $225K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$19,788
Investment management$58,490
Total administrative$78,278
The The Pond Guy, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,978
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$1,978 per active participant
2023$1,929 per active participant
2022$1,848 per active participant

The Pond Guy, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $1,313 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.

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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
RAYMOND JAMES · Recordkeeping · Trustee$58,490
ADP, INC. · Loan processing · Recordkeeping$19,788

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, Raymond James
2023ADP, Raymond James

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Administrative cost history3
2024$78,278 · 0.81%
2023$47,224 · 0.68%
2022$1,107 · 0.02%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 383515198 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.