DMI NETWORK

Registered charity 1207394 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

DMI Network runs evidence-based social and behaviour change campaigns to improve health and save lives in low-income countries. Focus areas include child survival, early childhood development (ECD), nutrition, hygiene and sanitation, family planning, and mental health.

Objects

3.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ("THE OBJECTS") ARE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, TO DISSEMINATE KNOWLEDGE WHICH WILL HAVE THE EFFECT OF ADVANCING HEALTH OR THE SAVING OF LIVES, ADVANCING EDUCATION, ADVANCING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, ADVANCING HUMAN RIGHTS OR ADVANCING ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OR IMPROVEMENT. THIS WILL BE ACHIEVED THROUGH PROMOTING, AMONGST PEOPLE TO WHOM SUCH KNOWLEDGE IS DISSEMINATED, AWARENESS OF PRACTICES, AND THE ADOPTION OF APPROPRIATE BEHAVIOURAL CHANGES, WHICH WILL ENABLE THEM TO PROTECT THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES FROM DISEASE, TO SEEK MEDICAL TREATMENT AT THE RIGHT TIME, TO PLAN AND RAISE HEALTHY FAMILIES, TO RESPECT THE NEED FOR FAIR AND EQUAL TREATMENT BETWEEN THE SEXES, TO ENHANCE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY, AND OTHERWISE TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.3.2 IN THIS ARTICLE "ADVANCING HEALTH" INCLUDES THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF SICKNESS, DISEASE OR HUMAN SUFFERING.3.3. IN FURTHERANCE OF THE OBJECTS THE CHARITY MAY -3.3.1. CONDUCT, IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, MEDIA CAMPAIGNS, MEDIA PROJECTS AND/OR MEDIA TRAINING FOR THEPURPOSE OF DISSEMINATING SUITABLE ADVICE AND GUIDANCE TO PEOPLE WHO MIGHT NOT OTHERWISE HAVE ACCESS TO IT, USING RADIO AND TELEVISION OR OTHER MEDIA.3.3.2. CONDUCT RESEARCH TO ESTABLISH THE CONTENT AND METHOD OF DELIVERY OF SUCH ADVICE AND GUIDANCE WHICH HAS THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR MAXIMUM IMPACT AND COST EFFECTIVENESS. 3.3.3 TAKE STEPS TO EVALUATE THE IMPACT OF SUCH ADVICE AND GUIDANCE ON THE FURTHERANCE OF THE RELEVANT OBJECT AMONG THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE RECEIVED IT.3.4 NOTHING IN THESE ARTICLES AUTHORISES ACTIVITIES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE. "CHARITABLE" MEANS CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES PROVIDED THAT IT WILL NOT INCLUDE ANY PURPOSE WHICH IS NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 AND / OR SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008."

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year was £10,091,796, with unrestricted reserves standing at £4,479,760, which is above the stated policy target of £4,350,000. The trustees consider the financial position to be strong and believe the charity is well-placed to continue its activities in the coming year.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Brown Warner LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Roy Head — CEO (source)
• David Heymann — Chair (source)
• Radha Chakraborty — Campaigns Director (source)
• Matthew Lavoie — Director of Programmes and Development (source)
• Amy Sanders — Deputy Director of Strategy and Partnerships (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · linkedin

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~8.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (82% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 3.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Professor David Heymann M.D.chair
• Mark Adams ACA
• Mercy Juma MA
• Paul Thieba MBA
• Professor Robert Hornik MA PhD

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Burkina Faso · Ethiopia · Ghana · Ivory Coast · Madagascar · Malawi · Mozambique · Tanzania · Uganda · Zambia

Income and spending

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