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Person

David John Standing

David John Standing is a trustee of Books Alive (since 2021) and The Dodgson Foundation (since 2020) and a director of 1 company. Source: Charity Commission and Companies House records.

Trustee at Books Alive · Director at Books Alive

  • 3 current roles
  • 8 previous roles
  • Served alongside 127 people

Official record Charity Commission and Companies House · updated 18th October 2026

Roles

11 roles across 11 organisations (3 current, 8 previous)

Current roles (3)

  • Books Alive
    Trustee · 2021-present
    Official record · Charity Commission
    Source
    Charity Commission
    Organisation
    Books Alive
    Role
    Trustee
    Appointed
    2021-08-12
    Record reference
    Charity 1077435
    Current
  • Books Alive
    Director · 2021-present
    Official record · Companies House
    Source
    Companies House
    Organisation
    Books Alive
    Role
    Director
    Appointed
    2021-08-12
    Record reference
    Company 03737476
    Current
  • The Dodgson Foundation
    Trustee · 2020-present
    Official record · Charity Commission
    Source
    Charity Commission
    Organisation
    The Dodgson Foundation
    Role
    Trustee
    Appointed
    2020-01-24
    Record reference
    Charity 1187598
    Current

Previous roles (8)

Charity trustee roles come from the current Charity Commission register, which lists serving trustees only. Company roles, current and past, come from Companies House.

People David has served alongside

127 people across 7 organisations

Based on overlapping official board records. Calculated from official records It does not mean they know each other. Only formal co-service is listed: people are never joined on a matching name alone.

Books Alive 9 people · 2021-present

Books Alive 6 people · 2021-present

The Dodgson Foundation 6 people · 2020-present

Wycliffe UK LTD. 59 people · 1992-2026

Summer Institute of Linguistics Limited 44 people · 1992-2025

People marked “Likely the same person” are reached through a record that is a likely relationship to David: there is sufficient evidence to suggest it concerns the same individual, but it is not established as confirmed.

Sources

Charity Commission
Register of Charities: current trustees and appointment dates.
Companies House
Officer appointments and resignations.
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
Identity
Records are treated as the same person only where our identity-matching rules support it. Confirmed relationships are supported by the approved identity-matching evidence and rules. Likely relationships are supported by sufficient evidence to suggest the records concern the same individual, but are not established as confirmed; they are shown with the label “Likely the same person”. How people are matched

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