Whelan Security Management Company Inc.401(k)
GARDAWORLD SECURITY SERVICES U.S. 401(K) PLAN · SAINT LOUIS, MO · plan year 2024
Peer grade: D · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works
Whelan Security Management Company Inc. reported $243,072 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 1.07% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $13 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 1.07%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other administrative & support services employers. By assets it is the 507th-largest of 1,393 plans among Missouri employers on file, and the 507th of 2,534 in administrative & support services. In 2024, employees put in $8.08 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 48,538 to 56,931 since 2022.
Whelan Security Management Company Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 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.
Annual cost at the plan's reported 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.
Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 453709475 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.