British Skydiving was founded in 1960 to organise, govern and further the advancement of sport parachuting within the UK.

[1] The association is funded by membership subscriptions and has an annually elected council which controls all aspects of skydiving on behalf of the Civil Aviation Authority.

[3] Following the 50th anniversary of British Skydiving, an archive project was established to record and collect the history of the sport in the UK and of the Association.

The association's name was changed to British Skydiving on 27 November 2019 to bring awareness of the sport to a greater audience.

British Skydiving council consists of ten elected members, together with two independent directors from outside the sport.