Carpetright collapsed into administration owing about £80million to creditors, including suppliers, customers and landlords that face being left almost entirely out of pocket.
Tapi Carpets & Floors bought the Carpetright brand name, the company's intellectual property, two warehouses and 54 stores, saving 308 jobs.
However, the brand's stores at Kittybrewster and Bridge of Don in Aberdeen are among the 218 stores not included in the deal, and staff will be made redundant either immediately or over the coming weeks.
Now it has emerged that trade creditors, which include the suppliers Condor and AW Weavers, were owed about £24million when the flooring chain collapsed.
The carpet and hardwood flooring retailer had built up £30.9million in arrears to “other creditors”, including customers, while “other accruals” amounted to £15.6 million.
Documents show that Carpetright had liabilities worth £81.7million on its balance sheet at the end of April. That figure is understood to have “not changed materially” since then.
Carpetright fell into administration this week, resulting in the closure of 273 stores and 1,500 job losses. PwC, the administrator, has appointed property agents at CBRE to sell 239 leasehold sites, including those at out-of-town retail parks, warehouses and concessions. Bids for individual units or a portfolio of properties were due in at 10am on Friday.