UK amateur ballooning looks set for regulatory oversight in 2025. Currently, the UK's Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) neither regulates nor publishes guidance for competition balloon flying in the UK. While guidance is published by the British Balloon and Airship Club (BBAC), the BBAC is a sporting body and not a regulator. A fatal balloon accident in June 2023 is seen as the catalyst for change. The UK's Air Accident Investigation Branch reporting in May 2024 made two safety recommendations to the CAA as regards the need for published safety guidance. On 9 August 2024, the Coroner published a Prevention of Future Deaths Report directed to the CAA and advocating for a review of the regulation of balloon flying in the UK, considering in particular whether there should be regulation of the design, construction, inspection and testing of amateur or home-built balloons, and of competition balloon flying.