Plan Ledger DOL Form 5500 · updated monthly

Careen, Inc. D/B/A Windings, Inc.ESOP

WINDINGS, INC. 2012 AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN · NEW ULM, MN · plan year 2023

Employer contribution per participant · 2023
$10,286

Careen, Inc. D/B/A Windings, Inc.'s 2023 Form 5500 did not separately report plan administrative expenses, which is common where recordkeeping is paid through investment revenue-sharing or a master trust. The plan held $28,353,397 across 173 participant accounts, with employer contributions averaging $10,286 per active participant. See methodology for what Form 5500 does and doesn't capture.

The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 26,779 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 721st-largest of 1,918 plans among Minnesota employers on file, and the 4,689th of 13,661 in manufacturing. active participation has grown from 117 to 131 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$28,353,397
Participants with balances173
Active participants131
Employer contributions$1,347,402
Employee contributions—
Employer contribution per active participant$10,286
Average account balance$163,892
Benefits paid to participants$882,192
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$23.9M · 181 accts · $1.1M emplr
2023$28.4M · 173 accts · $1.3M emplr
2022$19.7M · 127 accts · $1.1M emplr
Employer contributions to the Careen, Inc. D/B/A Windings, Inc. plan · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$10,286
Median for plans this size$2,440
2024$8,977 per active participant
2023$10,286 per active participant
2022$9,653 per active participant

Careen, Inc. D/B/A Windings, Inc.'s 2023 employer contribution ran above the $2,440 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.

Administrative cost history3
2024Not separately reported
2023Not separately reported
2022Not separately reported
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 411456407 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.