Retirement plan

BRANDON ASSOCIATES, INC. 401(K) PLAN

Name: BRANDON ASSOCIATES, INC. - BRANDON ASSOCIATES, INC. 401(K) PLAN (2016) Form 5500
Creator: BRANDON ASSOCIATES, INC.
License: https://www.dol.gov/general/disclaim
Keywords: Form 5500, ERISA, retirement plan, BRANDON ASSOCIATES, INC. 401(K) PLAN, BRANDON ASSOCIATES, INC.

BRANDON ASSOCIATES, INC.EIN 23-2804583Plan #001PY 2016

237 LACEY STREET - WEST CHESTER, PA 19382610-738-8500brandonsales.comLinkedIn11-50 employeesmechanical or industrial engineering

Prospect flagsHigh fees

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Total assets (EOY)

$3.4M

+15.7% from 2015

Total participants

+75.0% from 2015

Average account balance

$168,169

-36.4% from 2015

Annual return

7.52%

+8.15 pp from 2015

Benchmarks

See 22,113 peers

Peer group

Industry42 - Wholesale Trade

Plan typeDefined contribution

Participants<25

Cohort22,113 peers

Snapshot2016

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Analytics

Total assets (EOY)

Plan-year ending balance

$6.52M

Not enough data

1 years with asset history on file

Average account balance

Total assets / participants with a balance (line 6g)

$408K

Not enough data

1 years with per-participant data

Participants with account balance

Stacked by status: active / separated vested / retired or beneficiary. Total = line 6g.

Not enough data

1 years with headcount on file

Eligible Participants and Participation

Bars: eligible actives (line 6a). Line: derived rate = active employees with a balance / 6a.

100.0%

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1 years with eligibility data

Contributions (total)

Employer and participant dollars contributed each year

$227K

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1 years with contributions on file

Contributions per participant

Average employer and participant contribution per enrolled participant

$16K

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Asset flow

BOY + contributions + return - distributions = EOY

Year

Annual return

Diverging bars; negative years highlighted

+15.62%

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1 years with return on file

Admin fee / account holder

Total admin expenses / participants with a balance (line 6g)

$5349

Not enough data

1 years with admin cost on file

Asset composition

Cash / stocks / bonds / mutual funds / real estate / loans over time

Not enough data

0 years with F_SCH_H allocation on file

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Service providers

Providers data not reported

Schedule C was not filed on this plan's most recent Form 5500, so no compensated service providers are available to display.

Plan features & details

Pension benefit codes2E2F2G2J2T3D

Plan features

2E
Profit-sharing
Profit-sharing plan.
2F
ERISA section 404(c) plan
This plan or any part of it is intended to meet the conditions of 29 CFR 2550.404c-1 (shifting investment responsibility to participants).
2G
Total participant-directed account plan
Participants have the opportunity to direct the investment of all of the assets allocated to their individual accounts regardless of whether 29 CFR 2550.404c-1 is intended to be met.
2J
Code section 401(k) feature
Cash or deferred arrangement described in Code section 401(k) that is part of a qualified defined contribution plan under which employees may elect to defer part of their compensation or receive these amounts in cash.
2T
Default investment account
Total or partial participant-directed account plan where plan uses a default investment account for participants who fail to direct assets in their account.
3D
Pre-approved pension plan
A master prototype or volume submitter plan that is the subject of a favorable opinion or advisory letter from the IRS.

Opportunity flags

1 tripped

OpportunityHigh fees
Administrative expenses exceed $300 per participant per year - possible fee-review opportunity. (Recordkeeping / audit / legal; excludes investment management.)

Expense breakdown

Schedule H Part II

Admin total

$26K

$1224 / participant

Other / not subdivided$26K100.0%

% of EOY assets

0.764%

all-in expense ratio

Categories reported

0 / 9

subdivided buckets used

Audit opinion

Schedule H Part III

No opinion code on file for this filing.

Auditor firm: (not reported)
Auditor EIN: -
Audit fees: (not subdivided)
Opinion code: -

Metric

This plan

Peer set

Industry

Size

Avg account balance

$168,169

$131,835+27.6%

$108,582+54.9%

$273,972-38.6%

Participation rate

95.2%

83.5%+11.8pp

79.6%+15.7pp

83.0%+12.2pp

Annual return

7.52%

-91.57%+99.1pp

-51.70%+59.2pp

41.46%-33.9pp

Employer contribution / active EE

$3,062

$4,913-37.7%

$3,758-18.5%

$4,869-37.1%

Participant deferral / active EE

$9,467

$5,127+84.6%

$4,311+119.6%

$5,287+79.1%

Admin fee / account holder

$1,285

$10,253-87.5%

$7,645-83.2%

$10,133-87.3%

BRANDON ASSOCIATES, INC. 401(K) PLAN

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BRANDON ASSOCIATES, INC. 401(K) PLAN

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Expense breakdowni

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Service providers

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Expense breakdown

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