 It also supports World Women's Snooker and World Disability Billiards and Snooker, and English billiards through World Billiards

According to its financial statements for the year ending 30 June 2019, the principal activities of the WPBSA are "the governance of professional snooker and billiards through the regulation and application of the rules of the association, the development of snooker and billiards as a sport and the sanctioning of the Professional Snooker Tour".The governing body for the non-professional games is the International Billiards and Snooker Federation (IBSF).The WPBSA has a number of associated organisations, including World Snooker, World Billiards, World Women's Snooker and World Disability Billiards and Snooker.