--- title: "Westfalia Fruit International Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/westfalia-fruit-international-limited-west-malling-752527 register_status: active register_as_of: 2026-10-30 publisher: Borderless (https://www.getborderless.co.uk) source: UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors (Open Government Licence v3); Companies House --- # Westfalia Fruit International Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Westfalia Fruit International Limited (trading as Bell International; Companies House 02853156; West Malling) holds an A-rated Worker sponsor licence covering the Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Skilled Worker routes, and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since 9 December 2015 (source: Borderless, from the GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors and Companies House). ## Key facts - Register status: Active: on the current register and licensed to sponsor workers - Licence type and rating: Worker (A rating) - Visa routes: Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 9 December 2015 - Trading as: Bell International - Industry: Travel, Transport & Mobility - Town: West Malling - Registered address: 42 Kings Hill Avenue, Kings Hill, West Malling, United Kingdom, ME19 4AJ - Companies House number: 02853156 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02853156) - Website: https://bell-int.co.uk - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bell-international-limited/ - Register data as of: 30 October 2026 (GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors, re-read daily) - Web page: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/westfalia-fruit-international-limited-west-malling-752527 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 42 licensed sponsors in West Malling: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/west-malling - One of 6,274 in Travel, Transport & Mobility: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/travel-transport-mobility - Among 10,782 Global Business Mobility sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/global-business-mobility ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 57 changes worth checking, checked 25 October 2026, newest first: - 11 Jul 2026: Director resigned: HOECKER, Ricardo Carrasco. Director change recorded on 11 Jul 2026. If this person was your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 10 Jul 2026: New director appointed: HOECKER, Ricardo Carrasco. Director change recorded on 10 Jul 2026. If this person is now your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 27 Jun 2026: Director resigned: HOECKER, Ricardo Carrasco. Director change recorded on 27 Jun 2026. If this person was your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 26 Jun 2026: New director appointed: HOECKER, Ricardo Carrasco. Director change recorded on 26 Jun 2026. If this person is now your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 1 Oct 2025: Director resigned: BUTTERFIELD, Colin. Director change recorded on 1 Oct 2025. If this person was your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 1 Oct 2025: New director appointed: SILVA ALCALDE, Juan Ignacio. Director change recorded on 1 Oct 2025. If this person is now your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 22 Aug 2025: New director appointed: HOECKER, Ricardo Carrasco. Director change recorded on 22 Aug 2025. If this person is now your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 22 Aug 2025: Director resigned: HOECKER, Ricardo Carrasco. Director change recorded on 22 Aug 2025. If this person was your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 18 Jul 2025: New director appointed: HOECKER, Ricardo Carrasco. Director change recorded on 18 Jul 2025. If this person is now your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 18 Jul 2025: Director resigned: HOECKER, Ricardo Carrasco. Director change recorded on 18 Jul 2025. If this person was your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 12 Feb 2025: Director resigned: HOECKER, Ricardo Carrasco. Director change recorded on 12 Feb 2025. If this person was your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 11 Feb 2025: New director appointed: HOECKER, Ricardo Carrasco. Director change recorded on 11 Feb 2025. If this person is now your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 6 Nov 2024: Director resigned: DE RUITER, Sanet. Director change recorded on 6 Nov 2024. If this person was your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 28 Oct 2024: New director appointed: BUSH, Christopher Bryan, Mr . Director change recorded on 28 Oct 2024. If this person is now your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 17 May 2024: New director appointed: DE RUITER, Sanet. Director change recorded on 17 May 2024. If this person is now your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 16 May 2024: Director resigned: CARRASCO HOECKER, Ricardo. Director change recorded on 16 May 2024. If this person was your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 6 May 2024: New director appointed: ROWE, Stephen Joseph. Director change recorded on 6 May 2024. If this person is now your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 31 Mar 2024: Director resigned: BRAND, Albertus Barend. Director change recorded on 31 Mar 2024. If this person was your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 4 Jan 2024: New director appointed: CARRASCO HOECKER, Ricardo. Director change recorded on 4 Jan 2024. If this person is now your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 17 Jun 2023: New director appointed: MOKHELE, Khotso David Kenneth, Dr. Director change recorded on 17 Jun 2023. If this person is now your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 14 Jun 2023: New director appointed: BUTTERFIELD, Colin. Director change recorded on 14 Jun 2023. If this person is now your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 13 Jun 2023: Director resigned: NISHIMURA COLLIS, Flavio. Director change recorded on 13 Jun 2023. If this person was your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 7 Jun 2023: Director resigned: MOORE, Terence Robin. Director change recorded on 7 Jun 2023. If this person was your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 19 Apr 2023: Director resigned: HAN, Tracy. Director change recorded on 19 Apr 2023. If this person was your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 18 Apr 2023: New director appointed: HAN, Tracy. Director change recorded on 18 Apr 2023. If this person is now your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - + 32 earlier changes on the web page Companies House cannot show who holds the licence roles or whether a change was reported to the Home Office, so these are prompts to check against your own records, not findings. ## Sponsored jobs No listings matched yet. Job listings are harvested daily from Reed, Adzuna, Jooble and Careerjet and matched back to the register by employer name. ## Common questions about Westfalia Fruit International Limited ### Is Westfalia Fruit International Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Westfalia Fruit International Limited in West Malling is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2015. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Westfalia Fruit International Limited sponsor? Westfalia Fruit International Limited is licensed for Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Westfalia Fruit International Limited based? The register lists Westfalia Fruit International Limited at 42 Kings Hill Avenue, Kings Hill, West Malling, United Kingdom, ME19 4AJ. This is usually the head office; the job itself may be somewhere else. ### How current is this information? This page uses the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors, as published on 30 October 2026, and Companies House records for company number 02853156. We update it daily. Always confirm a licence status on GOV.UK. ## About this data - Source register: UK Home Office, Register of Licensed Sponsors (Workers), https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/register-of-licensed-sponsors-workers (Open Government Licence v3). GOV.UK is authoritative; confirm there before relying on a licence status. - Company records: Companies House, https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/ - Published by Borderless (https://www.getborderless.co.uk), an OISC-regulated UK immigration provider. This is public register data, not legal advice. - "First seen on the register" is when this organisation first appeared in our data, not the official licence grant date. - Web page: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/westfalia-fruit-international-limited-west-malling-752527 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/westfalia-fruit-international-limited-west-malling-752527.md - Site overview for AI agents: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/llms.txt - Something wrong? Request a correction from the web page and the Borderless team will check it.