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West Herr Ford, Inc.401(k)

WEST HERR EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT PLAN · BLASDELL, NY · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.12%

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

West Herr Ford, Inc. reported $202,808 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.12% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $579 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 fell from 0.15% to 0.12%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other retail trade employers. By assets it is the 522nd-largest of 5,648 plans among New York employers on file, and the 239th of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2024, employees put in $7.43 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 2,421 to 3,152 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$176,485,279
Participants with balances1,978
Active participants3,152
Employer contributions$1,825,769
Employee contributions$13,563,311
Employer contribution per active participant$579
Average account balance$89,224
Benefits paid to participants$12,830,898
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorJEFFREY L OFFHAUS CPA LLC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$176.5M · 1,978 accts · $1.8M emplr
2023$154.3M · 1,894 accts · $1.8M emplr
2022$127.3M · 1,722 accts · $1.6M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$22,421
Investment management$180,387
Total administrative$202,808
The West Herr Ford, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$579
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$579 per active participant
2023$626 per active participant
2022$642 per active participant

West Herr Ford, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 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 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20242
SANDHILL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT · Investment advisory (plan)$180,387
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$22,421

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$202,808 · 0.12%
2023$200,155 · 0.14%
2022$201,642 · 0.15%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 160738496 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.