Annual Foundation Appeal

In 1815 the first Annual Foundation Appeal was made to the City to fund the London Orphan Asylum (the original name of Reed’s School) and aroused the interest of the Royal Family and the Duke of Wellington, amongst others. Under the auspices of an Annual Appeal President, fundraising dinners were held with eminent guest speakers, such as Charles Dickens.

Past Appeal Presidents have included: The Duke of Wellington, the Duke of Devonshire, Timothy Guinness, Lionel de Rothschild and several Royal Highnesses, The Princes of Wales (HM King Edward VII, HM King George V and HM King George VI).  The Appeal has been held every year since, making it one of the oldest appeals of its kind in the country.

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PETER CAZALET

APPEAL PRESIDENT 2025-2026

Peter graduated from Exeter University in 1981 and has worked in the City ever since. A stockbroking career with Hoare Govett and SG Warburg morphed into pension and charity fund management with Robert Fleming, latterly JP Morgan, and UBS. Still actively involved in the City full-time, Peter works with some of the largest UK pension funds and their advisors.

Peter first encountered the Reed’s Foundation as a liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Tallow Chandlers, a City Livery Company. The Company, of which he was Master in 2022-23, has supported Reed’s since 1996 through bursary awards and via the Launch Car Challenge, a STEM initiative for primary schools. The Tallow Chandlers welcome many of the bursary award winners to its Past Award Winners’ Supper every year and a number of those winners have subsequently joined the Company. Peter is very honored to have been asked to serve as President of the Foundation Appeal this year, the first Tallow Chandler to do so.