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Wente Vineyards401(k)

WENTE FAMILY ESTATES 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN & TRUST · LIVERMORE, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.43%

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

Wente Vineyards reported $137,881 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.43% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $4,186 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 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio has held roughly steady near 0.43%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 2,444th-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 4,116th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.94 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 211 to 178 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$33,945,486
Participants with balances0
Active participants178
Employer contributions$745,087
Employee contributions$1,441,825
Employer contribution per active participant$4,186
Average account balance—
Benefits paid to participants$3,017,335
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$33.9M · $745K emplr
2023$30.6M · 766 accts · $786K emplr
2022$29.1M · 739 accts · $811K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$137,881
Total administrative$137,881
The Wente Vineyards 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$4,186
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$4,186 per active participant
2023$4,136 per active participant
2022$3,845 per active participant

Wente Vineyards's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 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
SBHU LIFE AGENCY INCindirect comp

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$137,881 · 0.43%
2023$141,730 · 0.47%
2022$140,208 · 0.42%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 941051349 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.