Last checked 15 October 2026 on each organisation's official website. Prices are as published there; "not published" means the organisation does not show a price online. Tell us about a change at members@imperfect.ceo.
In this directory
What changed in 2025 and 2026
- AllBright's Mayfair club is closed. The company went into administration a second time in January 2025. Members were moved to a shared lounge in Farringdon, and the brand now operates as AllBright everywoman, a learning and corporate membership platform with no venue listed on its site.
- Chief London closed in March 2024, less than a year after opening. Chief now lists US clubhouses only.
- The Stack World is now part of CLIQ.
- New: LERÉI, a women-only wellness club in Knightsbridge, and Minerva Arts Club, a roving women's arts club launched in 2025.
- Prices moved. The Merit Club is now £7 a month, not £20. The University Women's Club joining fee is £450.
If a list you are reading still shows AllBright on Maddox Street, it was written before 2025.
Women-only clubs with a clubhouse
After the closures, London has exactly one long-established women's club with its own building, and one new wellness club.
University Women's Club
London's longest-established women's members club. 22 bedrooms, dining room, library, garden and reciprocal clubs in the UK, Ireland, Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Canada and the US. No degree required. Joining fee £450. Town membership £929 a year, country £777, overseas £578, under 30 from 60% of the full rate. Membership page
LERÉI London
A wellness-led women's club with Lagree and aerial studios, hydrothermal and lymphatic treatments and longevity profiling. Membership is capped. Joining fee £2,000 on acceptance; annual tiers not published. The site still says opening soon. lerei.com
AllBright everywoman
The Mayfair clubhouse closed in early 2025. The brand merged with everywoman and now sells online learning (Ascende, launched March 2026), programmes and corporate memberships. No prices and no venue on the site. allbrighteverywoman.com
Women's clubs without a fixed venue
These run events in borrowed rooms across London. No lease means they survive; it also means you should check the calendar before you pay.
| Club | Who it is for | What you get | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Sorority thesorority.org | Women 18+ with a track record as businesswomen, founders or leaders. Application, described as by invitation. Founded 2010. | Events, online portal, council and mentor meetups. | £1,100 + VAT a year, plus £500 + VAT registration. |
| Fiena fienalondon.com | Women in their late 20s to early 40s in corporate, media, tech, law, and founders. Five activity divisions. Also in Dubai. | 3 to 5 events a month, members' app, partner coworking passes. | Site shows £92 a month, £255 a quarter or £750 a year, and elsewhere £50 to £100 a month on 6 or 12 month terms. |
| Minerva Arts Club minervaartsclub.com | Women interested in the arts. Soft launched summer 2025. | Arts events around London. | £1,300 a year plus £120 joining fee, per press; not shown on the site. |
| The Trouble Club thetroubleclub.com | Open to all genders; speakers are exclusively women. Talks, dinners and trips in London and Manchester. | Member ticket prices plus one guest, recordings, online community. No contract. | Digital, Core and Unlimited tiers; prices shown only at checkout. |
Women's business and referral networks
Lower cost, more structured, and built around meetings rather than rooms. Good if you want referrals; less good if you want a confidante.
| Network | Format | London presence | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women in Business Network (WIBN) wibn.co.uk | Referral network, one member per profession per group, monthly meeting. | Groups including King's Cross, Marylebone, Clapham, Barnet, Wanstead, plus online. | £240 a year (£275 Central London) plus a per-meeting fee of about £24 to £27.50. Visitors £28 to £33. The site dates these rates to 2017. |
| The Athena Network theathenanetwork.com | Hybrid: signature meetings online plus in-person events. Visitors free. Founded 2005. | Over 150 groups nationally; London groups include Hampstead and Primrose Hill, Westminster, Putney, Monument and Bank. | £585 a year on a 12-month commitment. |
| Lean In Circles leanin.org | Small peer groups that meet monthly, self-run. | Several London circles, including corporate ones. | Free. |
| Female Founders Forum tenentrepreneurs.org | Research and events network for women founders, run by The Entrepreneurs Network with Barclays. | London events and reports. | Not published. |
| Hatch Enterprise hatchenterprise.org | Charity accelerator for under-represented founders; most founders it supports are women. Founded 2014. | Based in Southwark; programmes UK-wide. | Not published; applications open. |
| Businettes UK businettes.com | Community for early-stage women founders, from Germany and France, launched in London in November 2024. | London events. | Not verified. |
Online communities
The Merit Club
For women in their 30s and 40s, mostly entrepreneurs and freelancers. Event discounts, free entry to partner clubs and spas, weekly email, a community page to promote your business. £7 a month or £70 a year, first week free. themeritclub.com
The Step Up Club
For working women at any stage. Four newsletters a month, a monthly virtual coworking session and a monthly virtual huddle. £7 a month or £70 a year. aliceolins.substack.com
Mixed members clubs women use for business
Not women's clubs, but the rooms where a lot of London business happens. Prices are the ones each club publishes; several show them only on the application form.
| Club | Where | Note | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home House homehouse.co.uk | 20 Portman Square, Marylebone | Georgian townhouse club with bedrooms, gym and gardens. | Full £2,250 a year, under 35 £1,560, social £1,440, corporate (5+) £1,575, all plus £499 joining fee. The application site shows slightly lower figures for some tiers. |
| The Conduit theconduit.com | 6 Langley Street, Covent Garden | For people working on social impact. | £1,500 a year; not-for-profit £1,250. |
| Maslow's (Mortimer House, 1 Warwick, Kensington) maslows.com | Fitzrovia, Soho, Kensington | Club and workspace in one; Kensington opened June 2026. | House from £300 a month ex VAT (£500 at Kensington); resident from £1,100 a month. |
| 12 Hay Hill 12hayhill.com | Mayfair | Business club with coworking; tiers by number of visits. | Not published. |
| The Ned thened.com | 27 Poultry, City | Club and Friends tiers; reduced rate if you apply before 30. | Shown on the application form only. |
| Soho House sohohouse.com | Several London Houses | Every House, Local House and under 27 tiers. Soho Friends gives discounts but no House access. | House prices not shown; Soho Friends £135 a year. |
| 5 Hertford Street | Mayfair | Robin Birley's club, founded 2012. Minimal web presence. | About £3,500 a year, per press; not verified. |
Closed
Worth knowing, because they still appear in search results and older articles.
- AllBright Mayfair, closed early 2025 (brand continues online).
- Chief London, opened 2023, closed March 2024.
- The Wing London, opened autumn 2019, closed about ten months later; the company closed in 2022.
- Grace Belgravia, women's wellbeing club, 2012 to 2019.
- Marguerite, closed.
- Blooming Founders, the website is now an empty placeholder.
Where the gaps are
Reading the whole directory at once, four things stand out.
- A hole in the price ladder. Below £600 a year the options are online or referral breakfasts. Above £1,100 you get the Sorority, Home House or a £2,000 joining fee. Almost nothing offers regular in-person women's business community in between, with a home venue.
- Women-only clubhouses keep failing. The Wing, Grace, Chief, AllBright and Marguerite have all gone. What survives either owns its building (University Women's Club) or has no lease at all. The model that works is venues borrowed, not venues leased.
- Senior women have nowhere left. With Chief and AllBright gone, there is nothing between a referral breakfast and a corporate learning platform for founders past the early stage and directors who already run teams.
- International women are not served. Apart from overseas rates at two clubs, no London network is built for women who moved here, or who split their work between London and another European capital.
Those gaps are the reason Imperfect CEO runs the way it does: small dinners and evenings in London, Warsaw and other European cities, for founders and senior leaders, with no annual fee and no lease. You pay for the evening you attend. If you want the research behind that design, read why women network differently.
How to choose
- Want a desk and a bar? A mixed club (Home House, Maslow's, 12 Hay Hill) or the University Women's Club.
- Want referrals for a service business? WIBN or Athena. Visit first; both let you.
- Want senior peers and sponsors? The Sorority if you pass the application, or a curated community like ours where the room is small and the people run companies.
- Want to try before paying anything? Lean In Circles, Trouble Club events as a guest, or any Imperfect CEO evening.
Our shorter guide, how to choose a women's club in London, has the questions to ask before you join anything. For meeting venues rather than clubs, see the best places for business meetings in London.
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Sources: each organisation's official website as linked above, checked 15 October 2026. Context on closures from The Handbook (February 2026), Country and Town House (2024 and June 2026), The Sybarite (2024), CityAM and BusinessCloud (2025). Where a published list and an official site disagreed, we used the official site.
