Other Ā· DOL Form 5500 Ā· 2024

M.J. Wells & Associates, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan

Data updated 2026-05-15

$3M
Total assets
35
Participants
36th
Percentile by assets
$98,240
Avg per participant

Sponsored by M.J. Wells, Inc. & Associates, Inc. Ā· Virginia Ā· Professional & Technical Services

What the 2024 filing shows

M.J. Wells & Associates, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan holds $3M for 35 participants - about $98,240 per participant, in the lower half of filed plans by assets, down 43.3% over the 2024 plan year.

$3M
total plan assets (2024 EOY)
35
covered participants
36th
percentile by assets (of 116,472 plans)
$98,240
avg assets per participant

The plan reported a net loss of $3M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

State
Industry
Professional & Technical Services

Other Ā· DOL Form 5500 Ā· 2024

What the Filing Says About M.J. Wells & Associates, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan

M.J. Wells & Associates, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan is an Other retirement plan sponsored by M.J. Wells, Inc. & Associates, Inc., headquartered in Virginia. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2024 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $3M in total end-of-year assets and covers 35 participants across the Professional & Technical Services industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 541604263, and the plan has been effective since 2007-01-01. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets contracted severely from $6M at the beginning of 2024 to $3M at year-end - down 43.3%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $3M, with reported net income of -$3M 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 M.J. Wells, Inc. & Associates, Inc. has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $7M to $3M, a decline of 53.3%, while reported participants moved from 42 to 35 (-16.7%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2022 at $7M; the softest was 2024 at $3M. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $7M in assets across 1 plan covering 42 participants; 2023 - $6M in assets across 1 plan covering 40 participants; 2024 - $3M in assets across 1 plan covering 35 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 M.J. Wells & Associates, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan 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)$6M
Total Assets (End of Year)$3M
Net Assets (End of Year)$3M
Net Income-$3M
Plan TypeOther
Employer EIN541604263
Plan Effective Date2007-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (M.J. Wells, Inc. & Associates, Inc.)

Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 42 $7M
2023 1 40 $6M
2024 1 35 $3M

Nearby Other Plans in Virginia

Peer Other plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the M.J. Wells & Associates, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan?
As of the 2024 Form 5500 filing, M.J. Wells & Associates, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan holds $3M in total assets with 35 participants. It is sponsored by M.J. Wells, Inc. & Associates, Inc..
What type of plan is M.J. Wells & Associates, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan?
M.J. Wells & Associates, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan is an Other plan. It has been effective since 2007-01-01. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 541604263.
Who sponsors the M.J. Wells & Associates, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan?
M.J. Wells & Associates, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan is sponsored by M.J. Wells, Inc. & Associates, Inc., located in Virginia. The sponsor's EIN is 541604263 and the plan operates in the Professional & Technical Services industry.
How did M.J. Wells & Associates, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan perform in 2024?
M.J. Wells & Associates, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan contracted severely - down 43.3% during 2024, moving from $6M to $3M in total assets. Net income was -$3M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on M.J. Wells & Associates, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan's numbers.

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 541604263.

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.