Soho House (club)

{{Infobox company

| name = Soho House & Co Inc.

| type = Public

| traded_as = {{NYSE|shco}}

| image = 40b Greek Street, Soho, August 2023.jpg

| image_caption = The original Soho House at 40 Greek Street, Soho, London

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| founded = {{Start date and age|1995}}

| founder = Nick Jones

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| location = 72–74 Dean Street, Soho London, England

| num_locations = {{ubl |42 Houses (2024) |75 total sites (2022){{cite web |title=Soho House 2022 ESG Report |url=https://s28.q4cdn.com/455289850/files/doc_downloads/2023/05/Soho-House-2022-ESG-report.pdf|url-status=live|website=Soho House & Co. Inc.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230907125909/https://s28.q4cdn.com/455289850/files/doc_downloads/2023/05/Soho-House-2022-ESG-report.pdf |archive-date=7 September 2023 |page=6}}}}

| key_people = Andrew Carnie (CEO)

| revenue = {{increase}} {{US$|1.14 billion|link=yes}}

| revenue_year = 2023

| operating_income = {{increasenegative}} {{US$|-20 million}}

| income_year = 2023

| net_income = {{increasenegative}} {{US$|-118 million}}

| net_income_year = 2023

| assets = {{increase}} {{US$|2.54 billion}}

| assets_year = 2023

| equity = {{decrease}} {{US$|-158 million}}

| equity_year = 2023

| owner = Ron Burkle

| members = 193,900

| members_year = 2023

| num_employees = 7,852{{Cite web |url=https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1846510/000095017024032418/shco-20231231.htm |title=2023 Annual Report (Form 10-K) |date=18 March 2024 |publisher=US Securities and Exchange Commission}}

| num_employees_year = 2024

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| website = {{URL|sohohouse.com}}

}}

Soho House is an international private members’ club with a focus on the media, arts and fashion industries.{{cite news|last1=Wong|first1=Pamela|title=Members Only: Soho House Joins High-End Hotel, Condos In DUMBO – BKLYNER|url=http://bklyner.com/members-soho-house-joins-high-end-hotel-condos-dumbo/|accessdate=28 April 2017|work=BKLYNER|date=18 April 2017}}{{cite news |last=Baum |first=Gary |date=27 March 2015 |title=L.A.'s Soho House Turns 5: Membership Rejections, Success Secrets Revealed in Oral History |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/las-soho-house-turns-5-784025 |accessdate=10 March 2018 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |publisher=}} Membership is selective and primarily drawn from these fields.{{Cite web |last=Valinsky |first=Jordan |date=2023-12-11 |title=Soho House has stopped accepting new members in some cities after getting too popular {{!}} CNN Business |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/11/business/soho-house-membership-freeze/index.html |access-date=2024-09-15 |website=CNN |language=en}}

The company operates clubs, hotels, restaurants and other venues. In 2015, it changed its name from SOHO House Group to Soho House & Co.{{cite news|last=Harmer|first=Janet|date=27 August 2015|title=Nick Jones on the opening of Soho Farmhouse|work=The Caterer|publisher=|url=https://www.thecaterer.com/articles/360140/nick-jones-on-the-opening-of-soho-farmhouse|accessdate=10 March 2018}} The original location is at 40 Greek Street, Soho, London, England. As of March 2024, Soho House operated 42 club locations worldwide, with plans to open more.{{cite web | last=Neate | first=Rupert | title='It doesn't feel special': is Soho House a victim of its own success? | website=the Guardian | date=5 March 2024 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/mar/05/soho-house-private-members-clubs-results}}{{cite web | title=Houses | publisher=Soho House| url=https://www.sohohouse.com/en-us/houses|access-date=5 March 2024}} List of current and planned Soho Houses, updated as required.

History and ownership

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Nick Jones (Soho House founder and previous managing director) sold 80% of the club to British high-street tycoon Richard Caring in 2008.{{Cite news|last=Addley|first=Esther|date=13 January 2012|title=Soho House agrees £250m deal|language=en-GB|newspaper=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/jan/13/soho-house-deal-american-billionaire|access-date=20 March 2016|issn=0261-3077}} On 13 January 2012, the Financial Times announced that 60% of Soho House Group had been acquired by the US billionaire Ron Burkle, through his investment fund Yucaipa in a £250 million deal, with founder Nick Jones retaining 10% and Richard Caring (Caprice Holdings) 30%. In September 2015, the company’s high leverage and limited free cash flow was under scrutiny by fixed income investors.{{cite web|last1=Blitz|first1=Roger|last2=Jopson|first2=Barney|last3=Rappeport|first3=Alan|date=13 January 2012|title=US billionaire Burkle buys UK's Soho House|url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/074ad618-3e0d-11e1-ac9b-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1mlMd1Ccf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120117133430/http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/074ad618-3e0d-11e1-ac9b-00144feabdc0.html|archive-date=17 January 2012|website=Financial Times|publisher=|accessdate=18 February 2012}}{{cite news|last=Smith|first=Robert|date=25 September 2015|title=Finance returns the favour and snubs Soho House|work=Reuters|publisher=|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/soho-house-bonds/finance-returns-the-favour-and-snubs-soho-house-idUSL5N11U3ZS20150925|accessdate=11 March 2018}} However, company profit potential has been affected by growth in new clubs.{{cite news |last=Laurent |first=Lionel |date=5 February 2018 |title=Membership Is Closer than You Think |work=Bloomberg News |publisher= |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/gadfly/articles/2018-02-05/your-soho-house-membership-is-closer-than-you-think\ |url-status=dead |access-date=14 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502061416/https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2018-02-05/your-soho-house-membership-is-closer-than-you-think/ |archive-date=2 May 2019 |accessdate=}}

The company filed for an initial public offering in 2021, and went public in July 2021, trading under the name Membership Collective Group.{{cite news|last1=Hancock|first1=Alice|date=15 July 2021|title=The private members' club throwing open its doors to the public|work=Financial Times|url=https://www.ft.com/content/52e1cd18-ed12-48c9-a0d1-9174a2882f79|url-access=subscription|access-date=15 July 2021}} The organisation will use the money raised to pay down debt and finance further expansion.

In November 2022, Nick Jones stepped down from day-to-day running of the business, citing a recent cancer diagnosis and recovery, and appointed Andrew Carnie as CEO.{{Cite news |date=2022-11-16 |title=Soho House boss Nick Jones to step down after 27 years |work=Financial Times |url=https://www.ft.com/content/6a7694e2-38c8-4376-a9b8-afb9901ef6f1 |access-date=2022-11-16}}

On March 20, 2023 Membership Collective Group became Soho House & Company. Their stock symbol changed from MCG to SHCO.{{Cite web |date=2023-03-23 |title=Membership Collective Group Is Now Soho House & Co Inc. |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230323005675/en/Membership-Collective-Group-Is-Now-Soho-House-Co-Inc. |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=www.businesswire.com |language=en}}

{{As of|2024}}, the company had never made a profit; pre-tax losses for 2024 were forecast to be about US$73m.

Membership

Soho House membership policies are said to focus on creativity "above net worth and job titles" with "studied resistance to ostentation...[and] cultivated status signifiers," and favour moral values over financial success ("several execs were banned because they were thought to be abusive to their assistants"). In June 2015, Soho House had over 50,000 members and a global waiting list of over 30,000. In July 2021, Soho House had 119,000 members across 27 houses in 10 countries.{{cite news |last=Zainab |first=Noor |date=15 July 2021 |title=From Soho to Wall Street: Membership Collective shares fall in debut |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/soho-wall-street-membership-collective-shares-fall-debut-2021-07-15/ |access-date=15 September 2021 |website=Reuters}}

Locations

List of current and planned Houses is maintained on the Soho House Web site.

;Europe/Middle East

:{{Flag icon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom

:*London

:**180 House

:**White City House

:**40 Greek Street

:**Shoreditch House

:**76 Dean Street

:**High Road House

:**Electric House

:**Little House Mayfair

:**Little House Balham

:**Soho Mews House

:*East Sussex

:**Brighton Beach House

:*Somerset

:**Babington House

:*Oxfordshire

:**Soho Farmhouse

:*Windsor

:**River House

:*Manchester

:**Soho House Manchester (opening in 2025)[https://www.sohohouse.com/houses/soho-house-manchester] sohohouse.com

:{{Flag icon|Netherlands}} Netherlands

:*Amsterdam

:**Soho House Amsterdam

:{{Flag icon|Greece}} Greece

:*Mykonos

:**Soho Roc House

:{{Flag icon|Spain}} Spain

:*Barcelona

:**Soho House Barcelona

:**Little Beach House Barcelona

:{{Flag icon|Turkey}} Turkey

:*Istanbul

:**Soho House Istanbul

:{{Flag icon|Italy}} Italy

:*Rome

:**Soho House Rome

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:{{Flag icon|Sweden}} Sweden

:*Stockholm

:**Soho House Stockholm

:{{Flag icon|Israel}} Israel

:*Tel Aviv

:**Soho House Tel Aviv Jaffa

:{{Flag icon|France}} France

:*Paris

:**Soho House Paris

:{{Flag icon|Denmark}} Denmark

:*Copenhagen

:**Soho House Copenhagen

:{{Flag icon|Germany}} Germany

:*Berlin

:**Soho House Berlin

;North America

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:{{Flag icon|Canada}} Canada

:*Toronto

:**Soho House Toronto

:{{Flag icon|Mexico}} Mexico

:*Mexico City

:**Soho House Mexico City[https://www.sohohouse.com/en-us/houses/soho-house-mexico-city Soho House Mexico City] sohohouse.com[https://robbreport.com/travel/destinations/soho-house-plans-first-latin-america-mexico-city-location-1234779929/ Soho House Is Opening a Mexico City Member’s Club in 2023] DEMETRIUS SIMMS, Robb Report, DECEMBER 6, 2022

:{{Flag icon|USA}} United States

:*New York

:**Soho House New York

:**DUMBO House

:**Ludlow House

:*Los Angeles

:**Little Beach House Malibu

:**Soho Warehouse

:**Holloway House

:**Soho House West Hollywood

:*Chicago

:**Soho House Chicago

:*Miami

:**Soho Beach House

:**Miami Pool House

:*Nashville

:**Soho House Nashville

:*Austin

:**Soho House Austin

:*Portland, Oregon

:**Soho House Portland

;Caribbean

:{{Flag icon|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}} Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

:*Canouan

:**Soho Beach House Canouan

;South America

:{{Flag icon|BRA}} Brazil

:*São Paulo

:**Soho House São Paulo{{Cite web |title=Soho House São Paulo |url=https://www.sohohouse.com/houses/soho-house-sao-paulo |access-date=2024-06-22 |website=Soho House |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2023-07-26 |title=Soho House Selects São Paulo as Second Location for Exclusive Club In Latin America |url=https://www.bloomberglinea.com/english/soho-house-selects-sao-paulo-as-second-location-for-exclusive-club-in-latin-america/ |access-date=2024-06-22 |website=Bloomberg Línea |language=en-US}}

;Asia

:{{Flag icon|Hong Kong}} Hong Kong

:*Hong Kong

:**Soho House Hong Kong

:{{Flag icon|India}} India

:*Mumbai

:**Soho House Mumbai

:{{Flag icon|Thailand}} Thailand

:*Bangkok

:**Soho House Bangkok{{cite web |publisher=Soho House| title=Soho House Bangkok| url=https://www.sohohouse.com/en-us/houses/soho-house-bangkok | access-date=5 March 2024}}

Activities

On 13 August 2017, the film Tulip Fever (starring Alicia Vikander) was first screened at London's Soho House.{{Cite web |date=14 August 2017 |title=Alicia Vikander In Rodarte - 'Tulip Fever' London Screening |url=https://www.redcarpet-fashionawards.com/2017/08/14/alicia-vikander-rodarte-tulip-fever-london-screening/ |access-date=14 January 2022 |website=Red Carpet Fashion Awards |language=en-US}}

Incidents and controversies

In 2002, the London branch of the club made headlines as Iris Law, the two-year-old toddler of Jude Law and Sadie Frost, was briefly hospitalised but ultimately unharmed after swallowing part of an ecstasy tablet she had found on the floor of Soho House while attending a children's birthday party.{{cite web |last1=Branigan |first1=Tania |date=7 October 2002 |title=Jude Law's daughter in ecstasy mishap at club |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/oct/08/drugsandalcohol.taniabranigan |website=The Guardian |accessdate=14 January 2022}}

In 2009, more than eighty residents signed an appeal by a neighbourhood association against allowing Soho House to move into the top two floors of Luckman Plaza in West Hollywood, near Los Angeles, US. The opening of the West Hollywood location also drew opposition from Beverly Hills Mayor Nancy Krasne.{{Cite news |last=Zavis |first=Alexandra |date=16 August 2009 |title=West Hollywood residents object to plans for new club |work=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-aug-16-me-soho-house16-story.html |url-status=live |access-date=14 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101130162719/http://articles.latimes.com/2009/aug/16/local/me-soho-house16 |archive-date=30 November 2010}}

On 9 December 2010, American swimsuit designer Sylvie Cachay was found murdered in room 20 of the Manhattan branch.{{Cite web |last=Pilkington |first=Ed |date=10 December 2010 |title=Fashion designer Sylvie Cachay found dead in Manhattan hotel bath |url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/dec/10/fashion-designer-sylvie-cachay |access-date=14 January 2022 |website=The Guardian |language=en}} Nicholas Brooks, her boyfriend of six months, was convicted of her second-degree murder and sentenced to 25 years to life imprisonment.{{Cite news|last=Buettner|first=Russ|date=2013-09-23|title=Designer's Boyfriend Is Sentenced in Killing at Soho House|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/24/nyregion/nicholas-brooks-sentenced-in-soho-house-murder-of-his-girlfriend.html|access-date=2021-09-01|issn=0362-4331}}

In Amsterdam, the Netherlands, an attempt to open a new club also met protest,{{Cite news |last=van der Hee |first=Sterre |date=23 July 2017 |title=Protest tegen Soho House: 'Bungehuis besmet verklaard' |language=NL |work=Folia |url=https://www.folia.nl/actueel/112595/protest-tegen-soho-house-bungehuis-besmet-verklaard |access-date=14 January 2022}} but an Amsterdam House nonetheless opened in August 2018.{{cite news |last=Block |first=India |date=2 August 2018 |title=Soho House opens in Amsterdam with a colour palette drawn from the Dutch Masters |language=en |work=Dezeen |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2018/08/02/soho-house-bungehuis-amsterdam-interiors/ |access-date=14 January 2022}}

In April 2021 Berlin, Germany imposed a citywide lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{Cite news |last1=Klöpper |first1=Anna |last2=Memarnia |first2=Susanne |date=12 April 2021 |title=Kliniken sehen Doppelrot |language=DE |work=taz |url=https://taz.de/Auslastung-der-Intensivbetten-in-Berlin/!5764948/ |access-date=14 January 2022}} Bottega Veneta was criticised for holding maskless indoor dance parties at Berlin's Soho House for artists and celebrities flown in from around the world.{{Cite news |date=12 April 2021 |title=Fashion label Bottega Veneta receives criticism amid reports of a Soho House party following their Berghain fashion show |work=Resident Advisor |url=https://ra.co/news/75129 |access-date=14 January 2022}} Though Soho House staff complained about the lack of safety measures and regulatory guidelines, management said nothing and implied that staff were not telling the truth.{{Cite news |last=Oltermann |first=Philip |date=12 April 2021 |title=Berlin police investigate possible breach of Covid rules at Soho House party |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/12/berlin-police-investigate-possible-breach-of-covid-rules-at-soho-house-party |access-date=14 January 2022}} While the company claimed that what happened was "spontaneous," Berlin's Soho House staff said that the party spaces had been booked in advance. Club members made their dissatisfaction and disappointment known, with some considering ending their membership; police investigated.{{Cite news |last=Peter |first=Stefan |date=16 April 2021 |title=Aufstand gegen das Soho House |language=DE |work=B.Z. |url=https://www.bz-berlin.de/berlin/mitte/aufstand-gegen-das-soho-house |access-date=14 January 2022}}

In popular culture

Soho House London is mentioned briefly in The Holiday by Jasper (Rufus Sewell).{{Cite web | title=The Holiday, 12. The Holiday | url=https://www.lingq.com/en/learn-english-online/courses/198001/12-the-holiday-550418/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231119071353/https://www.lingq.com/en/learn-english-online/courses/198001/12-the-holiday-550418/ | access-date=2024-12-25 | archive-date=2023-11-19}} Soho House New York was featured in season 6 of the TV series Sex and the City in an episode titled "Boy Interrupted". In this episode, Samantha Jones (Kim Cattrall) pretends to be a member by using a stolen membership card.{{cite news|last=Freydkin|first=Donna|date=7 August 2003|title=NYC's Soho House: Celebrity members only|work=USA Today|publisher=|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/2003-08-06-soho_x.htm|accessdate=18 February 2012}}

In 2022, Soho House was mentioned in the Netflix drama Inventing Anna, where the main character, con artist Anna Delvey, when asked if she was rejected by Soho House in episode two, she replied: "I’d rather hang out at a McDonald's or start my own club and reject their members."{{Cite web |last=Flint |first=Hanna |date=18 February 2022 |title=I mean, would you want Anna Delvey as a member of your club? |url=https://www.sohohouse.com/house-notes/issue-006/film-and-entertainment/i-mean-would-you-want-anna-delvey-as-a-member-of-your-club |access-date=2022-02-24 |website=www.sohohouse.com}}

Soho House on 76 Dean Street was used as a location in the 2024 crime novel Crooked Was His Cane, the nineteenth DCI Declan Walsh novel written by Jack Gatland; the pen name of New York Times #1 Bestseller Tony Lee. In it, DI Anjli Kapoor meets with Billionaire tech entrepreneur Eden Storm, who comments during the meeting "Soho House has a rule that only three guests can come in at any time with a member. I told them if they didn't give me four, I would have to buy the building and evict them." Tony Lee has been an "Everyhouse" member of Soho House since 2014.{{Cite web |last=Gatland |first=Jack |date=30 June 2024 |title=Crooked Was His Cane on Amazon.co.uk |website=Amazon UK |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CYCFRG8V |accessdate=11 September 2024}}

Soho Home

In 2016, the club launched a 'modern interiors brand designed for relaxed, sociable living', called Soho Home.{{cite web |url=https://www.sohohome.com/our-story |title=Our Story |access-date=2023-02-23}} The brand's flagship store located in Duke of York Square in Chelsea opened in 2021.{{cite web |url=https://www.sohohome.com/our-stores |title=Our Stores |access-date=2023-02-23}}

In April 2025, Soho House accused Next of copyright and design right infringements over selling furniture that “closely resembled” that of Soho Home.{{Cite web |last=Ward-Brennan |first=Maria |date=2025-04-02 |title=Soho House accuses Next of copyright in new lawsuit over furniture |url=https://www.cityam.com/soho-house-accuses-next-of-copyright-in-new-lawsuit-over-furniture/ |access-date=2025-04-02 |website=City AM |language=en-GB}}