Profit Sharing · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Buckingham Browne & Nichols School DC Retirement Plan

Data updated 2026-07-24

$142M
Total assets
341
Participants
93rd
Percentile by assets
$416,821
Avg per participant

Sponsored by Buckingham Browne & Nichols School · Massachusetts · Educational Services

Buckingham Browne & Nichols School's Buckingham Browne & Nichols School DC Retirement Plan reported $142M in total assets and 341 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 93rd percentile by assets among filed plans. Figures are as reported by the plan sponsor to the Department of Labor, not audited or endorsed by PlainRetire.

What the 2024 filing shows

Buckingham Browne & Nichols School DC Retirement Plan holds $142M for 341 participants - about $416,821 per participant, in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets, up 10.9% over the 2024 plan year.

$142M
total plan assets (2024 EOY)
341
covered participants
93rd
percentile by assets (of 116,472 plans)
$416,821
avg assets per participant
Industry
Educational Services

Profit Sharing · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

What the Filing Says About Buckingham Browne & Nichols School DC Retirement Plan

Buckingham Browne & Nichols School DC Retirement Plan is a Profit Sharing retirement plan sponsored by Buckingham Browne & Nichols School, headquartered in Massachusetts. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2024 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $142M in total end-of-year assets and covers 341 participants across the Educational Services industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 042103751, and the plan has been effective since 1976-01-01. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets grew at a solid clip from $128M at the beginning of 2024 to $142M at year-end - up 10.9%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $142M, with reported net income of $14M 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 Buckingham Browne & Nichols School has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $112M to $142M, a gain of 27.1%, while reported participants moved from 327 to 341 (+4.3%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2024 at $142M; the softest was 2022 at $112M. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $112M in assets across 1 plan covering 327 participants; 2023 - $128M in assets across 1 plan covering 331 participants; 2024 - $142M in assets across 1 plan covering 341 participants.

By assets, Buckingham Browne & Nichols School DC Retirement Plan outranks 93% of the 116,472 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2024 plan year, and holds roughly 1.4x the national average plan size of $100M and 730 average 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 Buckingham Browne & Nichols School DC Retirement 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)$128M
Total Assets (End of Year)$142M
Net Assets (End of Year)$142M
Net Income$14M
Plan TypeProfit Sharing
Employer EIN042103751
Plan Effective Date1976-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Buckingham Browne & Nichols School)

$100M$110M$120M$130M$140M$150M 202220232024 $112M $142M ▲ +27.1%
Total plan assets by year, all Buckingham Browne & Nichols School 401(k) plans on file
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 327 $112M
2023 1 331 $128M
2024 1 341 $142M

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the Buckingham Browne & Nichols School DC Retirement Plan?
As of the 2024 Form 5500 filing, Buckingham Browne & Nichols School DC Retirement Plan holds $142M in total assets with 341 participants. It is sponsored by Buckingham Browne & Nichols School.
What type of plan is Buckingham Browne & Nichols School DC Retirement Plan?
Buckingham Browne & Nichols School DC Retirement Plan is a Profit Sharing plan. It has been effective since 1976-01-01. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 042103751.
Who sponsors the Buckingham Browne & Nichols School DC Retirement Plan?
Buckingham Browne & Nichols School DC Retirement Plan is sponsored by Buckingham Browne & Nichols School, located in Massachusetts. The sponsor's EIN is 042103751 and the plan operates in the Educational Services industry.
How did Buckingham Browne & Nichols School DC Retirement Plan perform in 2024?
Buckingham Browne & Nichols School DC Retirement Plan grew at a solid clip - up 10.9% during 2024, moving from $128M to $142M in total assets. Net income was $14M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on Buckingham Browne & Nichols School DC Retirement Plan's numbers.

  • By total assets, Buckingham Browne & Nichols School DC Retirement Plan ranks in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets. See the largest plans
  • Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar Profit Sharing plans in Massachusetts. Compare plans
  • Buckingham Browne & Nichols School's sponsor-wide assets have grown 27.1% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Educational 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 042103751.

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 2026-07-24.