Pre-tax profit for 2014 reached 拢9.5m against 拢3.2m in 2013. Turnover was 拢277m.
The figures were presented to the annual shareholder meeting, held this week at Durham County Cricket Club .
The acquisition of Border Construction, now rebranded Esh Border Construction, directly contributed 拢20m of the increase in turnover.
Group chief executive Brian Manning said: 鈥淭he significant geographical reach of our diverse range of construction and property businesses, supported by a strong financial base built up by shareholders over a number of years, has been key to Esh Group鈥檚 growth.鈥�
Shareholders were updated on investment plans for further development at group headquarters at Bowburn near Durham, the development of an operational base in Yorkshire and plans to take forward a large development in Sunderland.
Chairman Austin Donohoe stepped down from the board at the end of 2014. He had joined Esh Group as non-executive director in 2001 and had been non-executive chairman since 2004. Michael Hogan, a founder of the business, took over as chairman at the start of 2015.
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