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Union Special LLC401(k)

UNION SPECIAL RETIREMENT, SAVINGS AND PROFIT SHARING PLAN · HUNTLEY, IL · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.50%

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

Union Special LLC reported $54,724 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.50% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $170 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 1 year on file its reported administrative ratio fell from 0.53% to 0.50%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 26,779 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Illinois (2,303rd of 3,702), and 8,329th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2023, employees put in $21.65 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$11,089,478
Participants with balances105
Active participants84
Employer contributions$14,246
Employee contributions$308,395
Employer contribution per active participant$170
Average account balance$105,614
Benefits paid to participants$1,358,464
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history2
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2023$11.1M · 105 accts · $14K emplr
2022$10.9M · 108 accts · $16K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$12,045
Investment management$26,870
Audit (IQPA)$15,809
Total administrative$54,724
The Union Special LLC 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$170
Median for plans this size$2,440
2023$170 per active participant
2022$182 per active participant

Union Special LLC's 2023 employer contribution ran below the $2,440 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 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20235
FAIRHAVEN WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$26,870
FORVIS, LLP · Accounting / audit$15,809
UNION SPECIAL LLC · Contract administrator$5,403
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$1,122
WILSHIRE ADVISORS LLC · Investment advisory (plan)indirect comp

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

Administrative cost history2
2023$54,724 · 0.50%
2022$68,082 · 0.53%
Similar plansManufacturing · Illinois
Central Ink Corporation IL$11.4M · 0.01%
Continental Web Press, Inc. IL$11.3M · 0.47%
Veritas Steel IL$11.3M · 0.51%
Precision Dose, Inc. IL$11.2M · 0.56%
Commercial Plastics Company IL$11.1M · 0.52%
Certor Sports, LLC IL$11.0M · 0.05%
Stampede Meat, Inc. IL$10.9M · 0.75%
American Louver Company IL$10.8M · 0.55%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 262167565 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.