Money Purchase · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Retirement Plan of W. Russell G. Byers, Jr. Separate Trust No. 2

Data updated 2026-05-15

$613K
Total assets
11
Participants
19th
Percentile by assets
$55,730
Avg per participant

Sponsored by W. Russell G. Byers, Jr. · Pennsylvania · Professional & Technical Services

What the 2024 filing shows

Retirement Plan of W. Russell G. Byers, Jr. Separate Trust No. 2 holds $613K for 11 participants - about $55,730 per participant, among the smaller plans by assets on file, down 4.9% over the 2024 plan year.

$613K
total plan assets (2024 EOY)
11
covered participants
19th
percentile by assets (of 116,472 plans)
$55,730
avg assets per participant

The plan reported a net loss of $32K for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

State
Industry
Professional & Technical Services

Money Purchase · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

What the Filing Says About Retirement Plan of W. Russell G. Byers, Jr. Separate Trust No. 2

Retirement Plan of W. Russell G. Byers, Jr. Separate Trust No. 2 is a Money Purchase retirement plan sponsored by W. Russell G. Byers, Jr., headquartered in Pennsylvania. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2024 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $613K in total end-of-year assets and covers 11 participants across the Professional & Technical Services industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 256437501, and the plan has been effective since 1969-07-01. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets edged down modestly from $645K at the beginning of 2024 to $613K at year-end - down 4.9%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $613K, with reported net income of -$32K driven by investment returns, contributions received, and benefit payments during the period. These figures reflect what the plan administrator certified on Schedule H or Schedule I of the Form 5500 annual return and can be compared against 2 prior plan-year filings from the same sponsor shown below.

Across the 3 plan years W. Russell G. Byers, Jr. has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $666K to $613K, a decline of 8.0%, while reported participants moved from 19 to 11 (-42.1%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2022 at $666K; the softest was 2024 at $613K. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $666K in assets across 1 plan covering 19 participants; 2023 - $645K in assets across 1 plan covering 14 participants; 2024 - $613K in assets across 1 plan covering 11 participants.

Asset totals and participant counts reflect a single plan year snapshot and can change materially with market conditions, plan mergers, or workforce changes. Fields such as "net income" include both realized investment performance and contribution/distribution flows, a single-year figure does not by itself indicate plan health or participant outcomes. This page summarizes public DOL disclosures for research and educational purposes only and is not retirement, tax, legal, or financial advice. Before making decisions about your own retirement benefits or evaluating an employer's plan, verify the underlying filing directly via the DOL EFAST2 system and consult a qualified professional.

How the percentile is calculated: we count every plan that filed a 2024 Form 5500 with a reported end-of-year asset figure (116,472 plans), rank Retirement Plan of W. Russell G. Byers, Jr. Separate Trust No. 2 against all of them by total assets, and report the share of those plans it outranks. A plan reporting no asset figure for the year is excluded from the ranking rather than assumed to be zero.

Financial Summary (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$645K
Total Assets (End of Year)$613K
Net Assets (End of Year)$613K
Net Income-$32K
Plan TypeMoney Purchase
Employer EIN256437501
Plan Effective Date1969-07-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (W. Russell G. Byers, Jr.)

Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 19 $666K
2023 1 14 $645K
2024 1 11 $613K

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the Retirement Plan of W. Russell G. Byers, Jr. Separate Trust No. 2?
As of the 2024 Form 5500 filing, Retirement Plan of W. Russell G. Byers, Jr. Separate Trust No. 2 holds $613K in total assets with 11 participants. It is sponsored by W. Russell G. Byers, Jr..
What type of plan is Retirement Plan of W. Russell G. Byers, Jr. Separate Trust No. 2?
Retirement Plan of W. Russell G. Byers, Jr. Separate Trust No. 2 is a Money Purchase plan. It has been effective since 1969-07-01. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 256437501.
Who sponsors the Retirement Plan of W. Russell G. Byers, Jr. Separate Trust No. 2?
Retirement Plan of W. Russell G. Byers, Jr. Separate Trust No. 2 is sponsored by W. Russell G. Byers, Jr., located in Pennsylvania. The sponsor's EIN is 256437501 and the plan operates in the Professional & Technical Services industry.
How did Retirement Plan of W. Russell G. Byers, Jr. Separate Trust No. 2 perform in 2024?
Retirement Plan of W. Russell G. Byers, Jr. Separate Trust No. 2 edged down modestly - down 4.9% during 2024, moving from $645K to $613K in total assets. Net income was -$32K.

What this filing means

Ways to act on Retirement Plan of W. Russell G. Byers, Jr. Separate Trust No. 2's numbers.

  • By total assets, Retirement Plan of W. Russell G. Byers, Jr. Separate Trust No. 2 ranks among the smaller plans by assets on file. See the largest plans
  • Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar Money Purchase plans in Pennsylvania. Compare plans
  • W. Russell G. Byers, Jr.'s sponsor-wide assets have declined 8.0% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Professional & Technical Services plans
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2024.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 256437501.

Reference: IRS Publication 560, Retirement Plans for Small Business, contribution-limit rules.

Reference: IRS Publication 590-B, Distributions from IRAs, RMD rules under SECURE Act 2.0.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.

Every figure on PlainRetire is rendered directly from the Department of Labor's Form 5500 annual return filings, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-05-15.