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The Groucho Club

  • Losses widen at owner of scandal-hit The Groucho Club

    Business

    Losses have widened at the owner of The Groucho Club in London despite its turnover rising during its latest financial year. The Groucho Club is one of London’s most famous private members’ clubs and has been going since 1985. The Soho venue was founded a a more relaxed alternative to traditional gentlemen’s clubs and has [...]

    The Groucho Club has not been far from the headlines for all the wrong reasons over the last year. Credit - Getty.
  • Tory MP formally denies sexual assault charges as trial date set

    Legal

    A suspended Conservative MP has formally denied sexually assaulting two women at an exclusive private members’ club in London and will stand trial for the charges next summer. Patrick Spencer, who has represented Central Suffolk and North Ipswich constituents since 2024, is accused of cupping the breasts of two different women over their clothes at [...]

    Patrick Spencer is alleged to have sexually assaulted two women at the Groucho Club in 2023 (Photo by: Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images)
  • Conservative MP charged with two sexual assaults at London Club

    Politics

    Conservative MP Patrick Spencer has been charged with two counts of sexual assault alleged to have taken place at The Graucho Club in central London. The charges relate to two alleged incidents involving two different women at the Soho members’ club, both in August 2023, according to a statement from the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS). [...]

    Patrick Spencer (House of Commons/Laurie Noble)
  • The Capitalist: Charli XCX headlines Revolut jamboree; oucho for Groucho; and Reeves jeered in the City

    November 28, 2024

    Revolut hires Charli XCX for private festival, Groucho shuts its doors and more; catch up on the latest City gossip in The Capitalist.

  • Groucho Club: Sales rise fails to stop owner sinking further into the red

    September 27, 2024

    A jump in sales at the hospitality group behind London’s Groucho Club failed to stop its sinking further into the red during its latest financial year. Somerset-based Artfarm, which is owned by the Swiss art gallery investors Iwan and Manuela Wirth, has reported a turnover of £42.2m for 2023, up from the £28.6m it achieved [...]

  • London haunt The Groucho Club will open in West Yorkshire

    March 14, 2024

    The Groucho Club - a popular London haunt frequented by the likes of Lily Allen and Noel Gallagher - is rumoured to be opening its first site outside of London in the West Yorkshire countryside.

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