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OK cheers Benjam,
Right so after your post and more internet research I'm 99% sure I'm overwatering it.
The leaflet I got with it (from a dedicated bonsai shop down in Brighton) definitely says its a chinese elm.
I have been fully submerging the pot in water every 7 to 10 days rather than your approach of spraying daily and watering only when the soil is dry. This means that the soil never stops being damp, so I strongly suspect I've been drowning it. I last watered it 10 days ago and the soil is still pretty sodden, and for the last couple of months the soil has smelt quite mouldy which suggests I've also begun to rot the roots.
Here are a few pictures but as I say it really is in an atrocious condition! :(
This is the whole tree:
This is the rather sodden pot:
And these are the last remnants of the leaves up top:
Is it saveable and what do I have to do?
Presumably I need to repot it at some point (and tend to the rotting roots), and I also need to dry it out a bit. Do you think it would be better to dry it out and hope it reestablishes itself a bit before I try to repot it, or is it so far gone that only a repotting might be able to save it?