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5 Hertford Street membership requirements

Every criterion 5 Hertford Street publishes, with its source, the date it was verified and how confident we are in it, plus superseded figures, so you can see how the tests have moved.

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Current published criteria

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Criterion	Published requirement	Note	Provenance
Sponsorship	Two letters of recommendation from existing members, followed by a short interview with a club secretary	Reported by Spear's, which adds that securing recommendations is difficult because members are selective about sponsoring. The club publishes no such rule.	Verified September 2026Medium confidenceSource ↗
Other criterion	Dress code: jackets required at all times (removable on the Loulou's dance floor after 11pm); shorts, sportswear, collarless shirts, t-shirts and sandals not permitted	Published by the club on its guest information page	Verified September 2026High confidenceSource ↗

Apart from the published dress code, admission requirements are not publicly disclosed.

How admission works

Application process

There is no public application form. The club's guest information page gives a membership telephone number and the address membership@5hertfordstreet.com. Spear's reports that candidates need two letters of recommendation from existing members and then sit a short interview with a club secretary.

Invitation required

Not documented by the organization or a source we could verify

Sponsor required

Yes

Selectivity

Not publicly disclosed

Membership term

Not publicly disclosed

Primary audience

Not publicly disclosed: the club's public website carries no membership information beyond a contact address for the membership office

Typical member

Reported by Spear's as tracing a membership genealogy back to the founding group, described in that account as predominantly English public-school in background, alongside figures from entertainment, business and politics named in press coverage.

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If not: alternatives to 5 Hertford Street (Annabel's, The Twenty Two, The Arts Club, Home House).

Last verified: 6 September 2026 Report an error on this page

Sources

Home — 5 Hertford Street, 5 Hertford Street. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 1
Guest Information — 5 Hertford Street, 5 Hertford Street. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 2
How to join 5 Hertford Street, Spear's, April 2022. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 6
5 Hertford Street, Wikipedia. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 8

Source tiers follow the published hierarchy: 1 official site · 2 official membership materials · 3 application documents · 4 annual reports · 5 government filings · 6 reliable business publications · 7 credible interviews · 8 other reputable secondary sources. Sources and data policy.