![]() ![]() ![]() It’s also hoping to develop The Ned, a club for financiers in the City of London, and the Scorpios Beach Club into membership-based chains. By using partners to finance real estate and refurbishment costs, the company reckons it can lower the cost of opening a new club by as much as two-thirds. He’s planning to open 18 more Soho House outlets in the next two years, while adding WeWork-style shared offices. Undeterred, Jones is betting on a post-pandemic bounce. Net debt is still around $750 million, even after the company refinanced an expensive loan from buyout firm Permira in March. Adjusted EBITDA halved to $18 million in 2019. Soho House’s finances looked distinctly downmarket even before Covid-19. SOHO NOTES FOR FREERegister now for FREE unlimited access to Register Its operations burned through over $100 million in the first quarter of 2021. In 2019, the company earned average revenue of $5,350 per member last year that fell to $3,200. As Membership Collective Group, Soho House’s parent company, states in its IPO filing: “We have incurred net losses in each year since our inception.” The pandemic hasn’t helped. Yet this success has yet to benefit the bottom line. Fans can also buy Soho House furniture and bed linen for their homes. Indeed, more than 5,000 people pay $2,600 a year for membership even though there is no club in their city. Though many of its venues closed during the pandemic, Soho House retained 92% of its members last year, while its waiting list swelled to 48,000. Jones’s formula for hip-yet-relaxed clubs and hotels has won a loyal following. A New York initial public offering potentially valuing the company at $3 billion is vital for its expansion plans. ![]() Yet the business is heavily indebted and has never turned a profit. He now has 28 outlets from Toronto to Tel Aviv, operates co-working spaces and a beach club on the Greek island of Mykonos, and boasts more than 119,000 members. It’s more than 25 years since Nick Jones opened his private members’ club in London’s West End. LONDON, June 23 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Soho House is trying to keep the party going. ![]()
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