One of our team will be in touch with you shortly, in the mean time why not register an account with Orbit Spaces to access our spaces now.
"
/>
What is a private office?
A private office is a lockable space used only by your business, inside a shared and managed building. You get your own door and your own office while sharing kitchens and breakout areas with other members. Most come furnished and connected, so a small team can start work straight away.
For most small teams, the question arrives gradually. It starts at the kitchen table or on a hot desk, and then the team begins to grow. Soon someone is taking calls in the car park and nobody can hear themselves think. That is usually the point where a room of your own starts to make sense.
This guide explains what a private office includes and how the membership model works. It sets out six signs that your team is ready to move up, then covers costs and locations. If you already know what you need, our flexible offices page shows how Private Office Membership works at Orbit.
In simple terms, a private office is a room that belongs to your team alone. Nobody else works in it, and you can lock it when you leave. It sits inside a larger building that other businesses also use. That means you get privacy without taking on an entire building of your own.
The room should be ready to work in from the start. That matters, because sourcing furniture and internet yourself takes time and money. At Orbit, a Private Office Membership includes the following.
What Private Office Membership includes
Available at Regent House in Stockport and The Point in Warrington.
A private office works on a membership model. You pay a monthly fee, and the room is yours to use. Kitchens and breakout areas are shared with other members of the building. With a traditional lease, you furnish an empty space and arrange the internet and utilities yourself.
At Orbit, the furniture, workspace setup and Wi-Fi are already included, so the team can start work. The provider looks after the shared parts of the building, and you focus on your own. It is part of a wider Flexible Workspace approach, where businesses choose space that fits their size and stage.
Most teams do not decide to get an office overnight. The need builds through small frustrations that become harder to ignore. If several of the signs below sound familiar, it may be time for a room of your own.
If someone leaves the room every time a sensitive call comes in, that is a clear sign. Conversations about clients, contracts, staff or money all need privacy. In a busy home or an open shared space, someone is always within earshot.
It matters for the people on the other end too. Clients and partners speak more openly when they know nobody else is listening. Privacy here is not a luxury but part of doing the job properly.
First impressions count, especially when you are asking someone to trust a small business. Meeting a client at your kitchen table or in a noisy café can undercut your hard work. A private office gives you a professional base where you can welcome people properly.
Your business address matters too. Many founders would rather not share their home address with clients and suppliers. Private Office Membership includes business address registration, giving the business an address of its own.
Packing up laptops, monitors and files at the end of each day gets tiring quickly. It also adds risk, because equipment carried around is easier to lose or damage. With a lockable office, you can leave your setup in place overnight.
Sensitive documents stay in your room rather than on a shared desk. The team arrives each morning and starts work straight away.
As a team grows, working from different places starts to slow things down. Questions wait for the next call, and small decisions take longer than they should. A private office puts everyone in one room, so conversations happen naturally.
Home offers quiet but no colleagues, while open shared space offers company with little control over noise. Your own room gives you both, on your own terms.
Running a small business means watching every line of the budget. Setting up a traditional office brings a string of separate costs, from furniture to internet contracts. Those costs are hard to forecast and often land all at once.
A private office membership rolls the essentials into a single monthly fee. Knowing what you will pay each month makes planning much simpler, and keeps cash free for hiring or marketing.
Small teams rarely stay the same size for long. You might hire two people this year, or scale back when a project ends. Committing to a long lease on a fixed space can feel like a bet on the future.
Before you sign anything, ask how the terms work and what happens if your needs change. Check how easily you could move to a larger or smaller room later. The right agreement should support your plans rather than hold them back.
Not always, and it is worth being straight about that. A room of your own costs more than a hot desk or a Coworking Dedicated Desk, so cost-led teams may still be better served by a desk. You also share kitchens and breakout areas with other businesses, and a closed door means fewer chance conversations than a open Flexible Coworking Space. The move makes sense when privacy, focus and a professional base matter more to you than the lowest monthly price.
At Orbit, Private Office Membership starts from £450 a month, excluding VAT. Membership covers your lockable office, Wi-Fi, furniture and workspace setup, business address registration and the shared areas.
Private Office Membership covers your lockable office, high-speed Wi-Fi, furniture and workspace setup, business address registration and the shared kitchen and breakout areas.
Meeting room hire is available to members when a bigger session calls for it.
When comparing prices elsewhere, check what each one actually includes. A traditional office often adds rent, furniture, internet, utilities and business rates on top. Many of those land upfront, before anyone has done a day’s work in the room. A membership bundles the essentials, so the true monthly cost is far easier to see.
Orbit’s Private Office Membership is available at two North West locations. You can choose Regent House on Heaton Lane in Stockport, or The Point at 410 Birchwood Boulevard in Warrington.
Stockport
Regent House, Heaton Lane
A private, lockable office in the centre of Stockport, with shared kitchen and breakout areas and meeting rooms on site.
Flexible Workspace Stockport
Warrington
The Point, 410 Birchwood Boulevard
Your own room at Birchwood, with the same membership inclusions and easy access for teams across Cheshire.
Flexible Workspaces WarringtonIf your team takes calls in corridors or packs up kit every evening, the signs are there. Clients visiting a kitchen table and a team spread across different places point the same way. None of those problems is fatal on its own, but together they slow a growing business down.
So, what is a private office worth to a small team? For many businesses, it marks the move from making do to working properly. It buys back the quiet, the security and the professional front that a shared desk cannot offer.
The short answers on what’s included, how access works and who a private office suits.
At Orbit, a private office membership includes high-speed Wi-Fi and a fully private, lockable office. You also get office furniture and workspace setup, plus business address registration. Members can hire meeting rooms when required and use the shared kitchen and breakout areas.
Yes, Orbit’s Private Office Membership includes access to hire meeting rooms when you need them. This is useful for client pitches, interviews or larger team sessions. Your private office stays your everyday base, with meeting rooms there for bigger occasions.
The main benefits are privacy, a professional image and a secure place for equipment. A private office also helps a team focus and work together in one room. With one monthly fee covering the essentials, costs are easier to plan.
Yes, a private office can work well as a shared base for hybrid teams. It gives everyone a place to meet on office days, with privacy for calls. Because the room is yours, your setup stays in place between office days.
