Department of Labor filing

US AUTO TRUST NEWPORT BEACH, LLC DBA ASTON MARTIN NEWPORT BEACH

US AUTO TRUST 401(K) PLAN · For the plan year ended Dec 31, 2024

Public filing 2024 · received Sep 9, 2025Verified current terms Not available

Plan at a glance

How good does the filing look?

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out of 100

The filing trails many comparable plans on reported employer support and/or plan-paid administrative costs. This is a filing comparison, not a complete benefits score.

$Employer support

$496

Reported employer contributions per active participant.

Higher than about 26% of comparable plans

#People in the filing

344

Active participants reported for 2024.

The filing does not say how many employees are currently contributing.

¢Visible plan-paid fees

$127 / participant

Reported administrative expense—not every fee an employee may pay.

Lower cost than about 62% of comparable plans

↗Investment performance

Not available

Plan assets changed 22.7%, but that includes contributions, withdrawals, and market movement.

Asset change is not investment performance.

What we still need to judge the benefit

Current match formula, vesting, eligibility, investment choices, fund expense ratios, and employee-level fees.

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Filing comparison · 202437out of 100 among similar-size plans in the same industry when enough peers exist

How this filing compares

Reported employer contributions26th percentileTypical peer $921 · based on 863 comparable plans

Lower reported administrative expense62nd percentileTypical peer $169 · based on 934 comparable plans

This comparison uses historical filing figures. It does not compare current match formulas, vesting, investments, or employee fees.

The short version

What the latest filing tells us

For the plan year ended Dec 31, 2024, US AUTO TRUST NEWPORT BEACH, LLC DBA ASTON MARTIN NEWPORT BEACH reported $170,548 in employer contributions across the plan and 344 active participants. That works out to $496 per active participant. It is useful context, but it is not the current match formula and it does not show what any one employee received.

Participation proxy88%

Active participants divided by all end-of-year plan participants. This is not the company participation rate because the filing does not report every eligible employee.

Employer money trendUp 22.5%

Change in reported employer contribution per active participant across the filing history shown.

Expense trendUp 5.0%

Change in reported administrative expense per participant. Investment expenses may not be included.

Peer context37/100

A filing comparison among similar-size plans in the same industry when enough peers exist.

Where the public filing stops

Current match, vesting, eligibility, employee fees, and investment choices require a dated plan document. Until we have one, those details stay blank.

Latest financial record

Contributions, assets, and expenses

These figures are reported totals for the plan—not individual account balances or promises to any employee.

Employer contributions: $170,548
Participant contributions: $1,246,834
Other contributions: $454,919
Employer share of reported contributions: 12.0%
Beginning assets: $10,244,777
Ending assets: $12,569,683
Ending net assets: $12,569,683
Ending liabilities: $0
Total income: $3,319,411
Total expenses: $957,193
Administrative expenses: $51,662
Participant loans: $220,752

Three-year filing history

How the reported figures changed

Each chart uses its own scale and starts at zero. When the filing has no value, the chart says so rather than turning it into a zero.

Employer contributions reported per active participant

2022

$405

2023

$256

2024

$496

Plan-paid administrative expenses per participant

2022

$121

2023

$121

2024

$127

Active participants

2022

222

2023

361

2024

344

Detailed filing history
Plan year	Per active participant	Active participants	Plan assets	Filing ID
2024	$496	344	12.6M	20250909123853NAL0012878771001
2023	$256	361	10.2M	20241015123751NAL0016406915001
2022	$405	222	6.6M	20231206185118NAL0017222033001

Changes in plan assets are not the same as investment performance. Each row uses the selected public filing for that year.

Plan operations

Details worth knowing

Participant loans as a share of plan assets: 1.8%
Independent accountant’s opinion: Unqualified opinion Code 1
Late participant contributions reported: Yes
Public plan identifier: 824628814-001

Reported plan details

Identity and filing status

Plan type: Retirement plan
Employer arrangement: Single-employer plan
Plan effective date: May 1, 2001
Industry: Retail trade
Amended filing: No
Final filing for this plan: No
Short plan year: No
401(k) feature reported: Yes
Show DOL characteristic codes
2E2F2G2J2K2T3D

Reported service providers

Organizations named in the latest filing

The public dataset does not always identify a provider’s exact role. Compensation stays blank when it was not separately reported.

Provider	Plan year	Direct compensation	Indirect compensation
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY	2024	Not reported	unknown

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Filing ACK_ID20250909123853NAL0012878771001

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