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Velvet Ice Cream Company, Inc.401(k)

VELVET ICE CREAM COMPANY, INC. RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · UTICA, OH · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.70%

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

Velvet Ice Cream Company, Inc. reported $24,622 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.70% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $431 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 0.51% to 0.70%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Ohio (2,730th of 3,295), and 11,864th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $5.48 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 144 to 122 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$3,773,302
Participants with balances135
Active participants122
Employer contributions$52,534
Employee contributions$287,632
Employer contribution per active participant$431
Average account balance$27,950
Benefits paid to participants$227,067
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorWHALEN & COMPANY, CPA'S
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$3.8M · 135 accts · $53K emplr
2023$3.2M · 122 accts · $53K emplr
2022$2.9M · 149 accts · $46K emplr
The Velvet Ice Cream Company, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$431
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$431 per active participant
2023$364 per active participant
2022$319 per active participant

Velvet Ice Cream Company, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $1,313 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.

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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 · 20241
PEOPLES BANK · Trustee (directed) · Investment management$21,613

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

Administrative cost history3
2024$24,622 · 0.70%
2023$23,975 · 0.79%
2022$17,126 · 0.51%
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Rhinegeist Brewery OH$3.7M · 0.06%
Sunless, Inc OH$3.7M · 1.50%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 314446008 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.