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Ulmer & Berne LLP401(k)

ULMER & BERNE LLP RETIREMENT/401(K) PLAN AND TRUST · CLEVELAND, OH · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.02%

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

Ulmer & Berne LLP reported $42,619 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.02% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $10,812 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 0.015% to 0.023%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is the 216th-largest of 3,295 plans among Ohio employers on file, and the 834th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, the employer put in $1.13 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves; active participation has shrunk from 326 to 292 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$191,396,924
Participants with balances380
Active participants292
Employer contributions$3,157,148
Employee contributions$2,796,832
Employer contribution per active participant$10,812
Average account balance$503,676
Benefits paid to participants$16,964,868
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$191.4M · 380 accts · $3.2M emplr
2023$177.0M · 389 accts · $3.1M emplr
2022$178.1M · 400 accts · $3.8M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$5,119
Investment management$37,500
Total administrative$42,619
The Ulmer & Berne LLP 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$10,812
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$10,812 per active participant
2023$10,524 per active participant
2022$11,641 per active participant

Ulmer & Berne LLP's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $3,635 median for plans its size, placing it in the top 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.

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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 · 20244
HIGHLAND CONSULTING ASSOCIATES · Investment management$37,500
CHARLES SCHWAB TRUST BANK · Trustee (directed)indirect 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
2024Charles Schwab
2023Charles Schwab

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Administrative cost history3
2024$42,619 · 0.02%
2023$39,850 · 0.02%
2022$30,278 · 0.02%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 340756436 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.