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The Clubhouse
The company describes itself as "the smarter alternative to a London office for fast growing SMEs and global organisations" and says it was "created by business leaders for business leaders"
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Founding — Founded in 2012 by Amanda Hamilton, with the first site at 8 St James's Square. The company's own pages do not state a founding year.
The Clubhouse is a London business club and flexible workspace operator with three sites: St James's Square, Grosvenor Hill in Mayfair, and St Andrew Street at Holborn Circus. It was founded in 2012 by Amanda Hamilton and positions itself as an alternative to holding a London office, providing lounges, meeting rooms, boardrooms, presentation rooms, event space, hot desks and dedicated desks, virtual office services and a deli, with wifi and refreshments included. Unlike the social clubs in this batch it sells membership by intensity of use rather than by age or social standing: an Executive tier for five days a month, a Club tier for ten days a month, and a House tier giving unlimited daily access, each priced at three contract lengths. The business entered administration in August 2019, and IWG plc, the owner of Regus and Spaces, acquired The Clubhouse London Ltd out of administration on 8 October 2019. Members now also get access to IWG's Spaces, Regus, Signature, Basepoint and HQ locations.
How it works
Members buy one of three usage tiers and book meeting rooms, boardrooms and presentation rooms with priority over non-members, host up to two guests, and use the Clublounge with complimentary refreshments, printing and scanning. Higher tiers add event invitations and unlimited access. There is no committee, sponsor or interview stage described; enquiries are made through a web form or by telephone.
Typical member
Business owners, executives and professionals who need a central London base for meetings and work between them, plus corporate accounts. The company names Deloitte, Amazon, Sky, Samsung, Santander and Tesla among its members.
Membership requirements
Requirements in detail, with history →Requirements are the tests the organization itself publishes — an age ceiling, a company-revenue floor, a net-worth minimum, a role. Where a figure straddles a range, the organization's own assessment decides. Local chapters can apply stricter tests than the published standard.
| Criterion | Published requirement | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Other criterion | No published eligibility criteria; membership is sold by tier of usage | Verified September 2026High confidenceSource ↗ |
| Sponsorship | No proposer or seconder requirement is published | Verified September 2026Medium confidenceSource ↗ |
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Initiation fees are paid once on joining; dues recur. Chapter dues, retreats, travel and events are usually additional and are listed separately when the organization discloses them. Figures are as published or reported on the date shown — not quotations.
| Cost | First year | Three years | Provenance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly duesa month, counted ×12 | £2,490 | £7,470 | Verified September 2026High confidenceSource ↗ | |
| Monthly duesa month, counted ×12 | £3,720 | alternative tier, not added | Verified September 2026High confidenceSource ↗ | |
| Monthly duesa month, counted ×12 | £4,980 | alternative tier, not added | Verified September 2026High confidenceSource ↗ | |
| Initiation fee | No joining fee is stated on the memberships page | Source ↗ | ||
| Estimated total, disclosed figures only | £2,490 | £7,470 | Not counted: Monthly dues (2 alternative tiers, not added), Initiation fee. | |
Structure and programming
Where it operates
1 cities with a page on this siteIndependent context
The Clubhouse is a business club in the literal sense — it sells access to workspace and meeting rooms, not to a social set — and it is the only organisation in this batch that publishes monthly prices tied to contract length. That makes it directly comparable with serviced-office products rather than with Annabel's or the Groucho, and the corporate logo wall on its own site tells you the customer base is as much account-managed as elected. Two caveats matter. First, ownership: since October 2019 it has been part of IWG, so its trajectory is set by a listed flexible-workspace group rather than by a founder, and the Bank site it once ran no longer appears. Second, selection: there is no vetting worth the name, so anyone expecting the filtering function of a members' club will not find it here.
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Site-wide change log →- milestoneThe Clubhouse founded by Amanda Hamilton, opening first at St James's Square ↗
- milestoneThe Evening Standard reported the club had more than 800 individual members and 250 corporate clients, with annual executive membership at £950 plus tax ↗
- milestoneThe Clubhouse entered administration; IWG, owner of Regus and Spaces, was reported to be in talks to buy the business, which then had four London locations in Mayfair, St James's… ↗
- mergerIWG plc acquired The Clubhouse London Ltd out of administration at RSM ↗
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Sources
- The Clubhouse — London's leading business club, The Clubhouse. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 1
- About — The Clubhouse London, The Clubhouse. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 1
- Memberships — The Clubhouse London, The Clubhouse. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 2
- IWG to buy The Clubhouse out of administration, Green Street News, August 2019. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 6
- Meet London's new breed of members-only clubs for on-the-move entrepreneurs, Evening Standard, March 2016. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 6
- IWG plc acquired The Clubhouse London Ltd, MarketScreener (S&P Capital IQ), October 2019. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 8
- Flexible workspace provider profile — The Clubhouse, The Office Providers. 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.
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