BCO Membership Categories Explained
The BCO has a range of membership categories to enable all individuals, whatever their location or size of business, to benefit from the opportunities our membership has to offer.
The BCO invites applications for membership from those involved in creating, acquiring or occupying office space, in both the private and public sectors. Download your 2011-12 Membership Application Form (word download opens in a new window)
For further information about the category of membership that relates to you click on the relevant bullet point below.
- I work for an organisation involved in creating or acquiring office space with a Head Office located in London.
- I work for an organisation involved in creating or acquiring office space with a Head Office located outside of London and the South East.
- I work for an organisation involved in creating or acquiring office space based outside of the UK.
- I work for an organisation involved in creating or acquiring office space with a head count of 10 employees or fewer.
- I am a sole practitioner involved in creating or acquiring office space.
- I work for a Charity or Educational Organisation.
- I work for Central or Local Government.
- I am an occupier.
- I am under the age of 35 and interested in the BCO.
Please note that BCO membership is valid for the named member only. If additional people from the same organisation wish to take up the benefits of membership then they must hold their own membership number.
If a member moves organisation then they are not able to transfer their membership and will need to apply under their new company and role.
The following annual subscription rates will be effective from 1st April 2011
and are subject to UK VAT.
NATIONAL ORGANISATIONS
The first person to join from an organisation will be registered as the Principal Member. The Principal Member registers the organisation with the BCO and allows all further staff to join from the same organisation at the lower price of an 'Individual' member.
PRINCIPAL MEMBERSHIP | £870 |
An individual member based outside London & the SE will still qualify for the Regional Individual rate, of £170, even if the company’s principal member is registered in London.
REGIONAL ORGANISATIONS
Regional members benefit from lower subscription rates than those applied to national members. To qualify an organisation must not have an office in London or the South East of England. For example, a potential new member of the BCO based in Manchester, with a second office in Leeds, would qualify as a new, regional member of the BCO. If that organisation opened an office in London or the South East of England it would, however, need to pay the higher, national rate.
The first person to join from an organisation will be registered as the Principal Member. The Principal Member registers the organisation with the BCO and allows all further staff to join from the same organisation at the lower price of an 'Individual' member.
PRINCIPAL MEMBERSHIP (regional) | £735 |
ORGANISATIONS BASED OUTSIDE OF THE UK
This category is available for all organisations based entirely outside of the UK. The first person to join from an organisation will be registered as the Principal Member. The Principal Member registers the organisation with the BCO and allows all further staff to join from the same organisation at the lower price of an 'Individual' member.
PRINCIPAL MEMBERSHIP (non-UK) | £650 |
ORGANISATIONS OF 10 EMPLOYEES OR FEWER
New in September 2010 this category enables smaller organisations to take up the opportunities that BCO membership has to offer.
The first person to join from an organisation will be registered as the Principal Member. The Principal Member registers the organisation with the BCO and allows all further staff to join from the same organisation at the lower price of an 'Individual' member. Please note that BCO membership is valid for the named member only. If additional members from the same organisation wish to take up the benefits of membership then they must register as an Individual Member.
PRINCIPAL MEMBERSHIP (SME) | £465 |
SOLE PRACTITIONERS
New in September 2010 this category enables sole practitioners to benefit from the opportunities that BCO membership has to offer by doing away with the principal membership rate.
SOLE PRACTITIONER | £200 |
EDUCATIONAL ORGANISATION / CHARITY / CENTRAL OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT / OCCUPIER*
All applicants from these organisations benefit from a reduced rate of membership. Applicants do not need to register a principal member to join.
OCCUPIER RATE | £120 |
*An occupier member is someone from an organization where property is not the main business of that organisation (e.g. banking, pharmaceuticals or telecoms) but they manage or own a property portfolio.
NEXTGEN
Discounted membership rates are available for members, up to 35 years of age, where there is already a BCO Principal member in their organisation. Click here to find out whether your organisation has a principal member registered with the BCO.
NEXTGEN MEMBERSHIP | £100 |
CATEGORIES
To ensure that it reflects the varied interests of the office sector, the BCO segments membership into different categories. You will be asked which category best describes the principal activities of your organisation.
| • Agency • Architecture & Interior Design • Construction & Office Fitting • Development • Education/Charity • Engineering & Technical Services | • Facilities Management • Legal • Occupier • Ownership/Investment • Project Management • Property Management | • Public Sector • Quantity Surveying & Cost Control • Research • Town Planning • Valuation • Other Business Services |
HOW TO APPLY
Please download the application form and return to Richard Kauntze, Chief Executive, BCO, 78-79 Leadenhall Street, London, EC3A 3DH.
Download your 
2011-12 Membership Application Form (word download opens in a new window)