Retirement plan

MERRILL & RING 401(K) PLAN

Name: MERRILL & RING, INC. - MERRILL & RING 401(K) PLAN (2025) Form 5500
Creator: MERRILL & RING, INC.
License: https://www.dol.gov/general/disclaim
Keywords: Form 5500, ERISA, retirement plan, MERRILL & RING 401(K) PLAN, MERRILL & RING, INC.

MERRILL & RING, INC.EIN 91-6033157Plan #001PY 2025

809 E 8TH ST - PORT ANGELES, WA 98362360-452-0305merrillring.comLinkedIn1-10 employees

Prospect flagsHigh feesHigh assets / participant

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Total assets (EOY)

$3.4M

+17.6% from 2024

Total participants

+8.3% from 2024

Average account balance

$261,525

+8.5% from 2024

Annual return

15.72%

-1.75 pp from 2024

Benchmarks

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Peer group

Industry32 - Manufacturing

Plan typeDefined contribution

Participants<25

Cohort6,668 peers

Snapshot2025

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Analytics

Total assets (EOY)

Plan-year ending balance

$3.40M

Not enough data

1 years with asset history on file

Average account balance

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

$262K

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.

185.7%

Not enough data

1 years with eligibility data

Contributions (total)

Employer and participant dollars contributed each year

$105K

Not enough data

1 years with contributions on file

Contributions per participant

Average employer and participant contribution per enrolled participant

$15K

Not enough data

1 years with per-participant contribution data

Asset flow

BOY + contributions + return - distributions = EOY

Year

Annual return

Diverging bars; negative years highlighted

+15.72%

Not enough data

1 years with return on file

Admin fee / account holder

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

$5089

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

2 tripped

OpportunityHigh fees
Administrative expenses exceed $300 per participant per year - possible fee-review opportunity. (Recordkeeping / audit / legal; excludes investment management.)
InformationalHigh assets / participant
Assets per participant exceed $250,000 - top-decile high-value plan.

Expense breakdown

Schedule H Part II

Admin total

$66K

$9450 / participant

Other / not subdivided$66K100.0%

% of EOY assets

1.946%

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

$261,525

$132,634+97.2%

$115,768+125.9%

$137,256+90.5%

Participation rate

100.0%

77.9%+22.1pp

74.4%+25.6pp

80.0%+20.0pp

Annual return

15.72%

160.70%-145.0pp

100.46%-84.7pp

220.34%-204.6pp

Employer contribution / active EE

$4,345

$3,360+29.3%

$2,940+47.8%

$4,156+4.5%

Participant deferral / active EE

$10,641

$5,619+89.4%

$4,917+116.4%

$6,407+66.1%

Admin fee / account holder

$5,089

$15,028-66.1%

$12,439-59.1%

$12,270-58.5%

MERRILL & RING 401(K) PLAN

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MERRILL & RING 401(K) PLAN

Summary metrics

Benchmarksi

Analytics

Service providersi

Plan features & details

Opportunity flagsi

Expense breakdowni

Audit opinioni

Benchmarks

Service providers

Opportunity flags

Expense breakdown

Audit opinion

Benchmarks

Service providers

Opportunity flags

Expense breakdown

Audit opinion