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Welch Bros., Inc.401(k)

WELCH BROS., INC. PROFIT SHARING PLAN · ELGIN, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.00%

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

Welch Bros., Inc. reported $1,775 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.00% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $15,610 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 0.001% to 0.003%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 842nd-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 2,918th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, the employer put in $4.13 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$55,528,706
Participants with balances220
Active participants205
Employer contributions$3,200,000
Employee contributions$775,143
Employer contribution per active participant$15,610
Average account balance$252,403
Benefits paid to participants$5,678,668
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorWSDD CPAS, LTD
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$55.5M · 220 accts · $3.2M emplr
2023$55.4M · 217 accts · $2.9M emplr
2022$47.1M · 205 accts · $2.6M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Investment management$1,775
Total administrative$1,775
The Welch Bros., Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$15,610
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$15,610 per active participant
2023$14,721 per active participant
2022$13,000 per active participant

Welch Bros., Inc.'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 · 20242
EDWARD D JONES & CO LP · Investment advisory (plan)$102,161

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$1,775 · 0.00%
2023$700 · 0.00%
2022$649 · 0.00%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 363115602 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.