Further details of the tens of thousands of pounds owed by Norton Motorcycles when it went into administration can been revealed.
The Leicestershire motorbike business owed £31,180 to North West Leicestershire District Council, when administrators were brought in on January 29.
A Freedom of Information request from Business Live has revealed the amount is outstanding for the year ending March 31, 2020.
It showed that during the year Norton did pay £62,060 towards the total amount of £93,240 for the year.
The same FOI revealed that the Priest House Hotel, which was closely connected to the motorcycle business, owed £63,952.50 in rates for the same financial period.
That business had paid £27,374.37 of its annual total of £91,326.87.
Both businesses are based in Castle Donington on the Leicestershire/Derbyshire border.
North West Leicestershire District Council said "no debts have been written off previously".
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Bev Smith, chief executive of North West Leicestershire District Council, said: “We are deeply saddened by the plight of Norton Motorcycles and the news that the company has gone into administration.
“Our main priority is to offer support and advice through our Business Focus team to the employees impacted by this.
“We have taken the normal recovery processes for the substantial debt owed to the district council and are in contact with the administrators.”
Production stopped at the motorcycle factory earlier this month and administrators at BDO continue to look for a potential buyer.
There were believed to be around 70 people working at the business when it closed.
The Priest House Hotel, which is also in administration, continues to be run by a chain called Legacy Hotels, whilst a buyer for that is sought.
BDO were brought in by Norton’s bank Metro Bank three week’s after the bike firm was in the High Court’s Insolvency and Companies Court facing a winding up order over £300,000 of unpaid taxes to HMRC.
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Lee Causer, BDO business restructuring partner, said they were taking all necessary steps to ensure that customers, staff and suppliers were supported through the administration process, as they worked on selling the business and assets.
Pension schemes related to Norton Motorcycles are also being investigated, separately to the administration proceedings.
The Pensions Ombudsman has been looking into a complaint from 30 individuals, relating to three pension schemes which invested in the bike business.
Meanwhile the Leicestershire Enterprise Partnership provided a £750,000 loan to support construction of a new factory unit for Norton.
The factory is built, but stands empty and the LLEP has also joined the list of creditors.
Norton was founded in Birmingham in 1898 by James Lansdowne Norton, starting out as a manufacturer of “fittings and parts for the two-wheel trade”.
Stuart Garner took over the historic brand in 2008 and brought its factory to Castle Donington, where it was hand building bikes such as the Commando 961 Cafe Racer, Dominator and V4RR.
His bikes have been sold around the world.